What does this shorthand script actually mean

[Que336]

Hi

I have been going through a tutorial i came across online. Please let me know what this would read if it wasn't written in shorthand. Regards

$products = isset($_SESSION['products']) ? $_SESSION['products'] : array();

[cereal]

That's an IF statement:

if(isset($_SESSION['products']))
{
    $products = $_SESSION['products']; 
} else {
    $products = array();
}

Or

$products = array();
if(isset($_SESSION['products']))
{
    $products = $_SESSION['products']; 
}

[Que336]

Thank you very much. Even my lecturer didn't know lol

[cereal]

This method is called Ternary Operator, check this: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php#language.operators.comparison.ternary

bye :)