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title: "Explain the ternary conditional operator in PHP?"  
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# Explain the ternary conditional operator in PHP?

Expression preceding the '?' is evaluated, if it’s true, then the expression preceding the ':' is executed, otherwise, the expression following ':' is executed.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Expression preceding the '?' is evaluated, if it’s true, then the expression preceding the ':' is executed, otherwise, the expression following ':' is executed.


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