Robert Granlund

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I agree with Chris - unless there are severe problems with the code (which there aren't here), &quot;better&quot; is often synonymous with &quot;easier to read&quot; or &quot;easier to maintain.&quot; I might use the ternary operators to minimize the # of lines and check the results of $loc_a and $loc_b as the logic for $loc like this:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-42573214-1">$loc_a = (!empty($simple_location) ? '&lt;p&gt;' . $simple_location. '&lt;/p&gt;'     : '');
$loc_b = (!empty($var_location)    ? '&lt;p&gt;' . $var_location. '&lt;/p&gt;'        : '');
$loc   = ( empty($loc_a . $loc_b)  ? '&lt;p&gt;' . join(' : ', $links) . '&lt;/p&gt;' : ''); // If both locations are empty, fall back to $links</code></pre>
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I agree with Chris - unless there are severe problems with the code (which there aren't here), "better" is often synonymous with "easier to read" or "easier to maintain." I might use the ternary operators to minimize the # of lines and check the results of $loc_a and $loc_b as the logic for $loc like this:



$loc_a = (!empty($simple_location) ? '<p>' . $simple_location. '</p>'     : '');
$loc_b = (!empty($var_location)    ? '<p>' . $var_location. '</p>'        : '');
$loc   = ( empty($loc_a . $loc_b)  ? '<p>' . join(' : ', $links) . '</p>' : ''); // If both locations are empty, fall back to $links

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PHP: Is there a better/cleaner way to write the following?<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-29100923-1">if (empty($simple_location) &amp;&amp; empty($var_location)) {
    $loc = '&lt;p&gt;' . join(' : ', $links) . '&lt;/p&gt;';
} else {
    $loc = '';
}
if(!empty ($simple_location)) {
    $loc_a = '&lt;p&gt;' . $simple_location. '&lt;/p&gt;';
} else {
    $loc_a = '';
}
if(!empty ($var_location)) {
    $loc_b = '&lt;p&gt;' . $var_location. '&lt;/p&gt;';
} else {
    $loc_b = '';
}</code></pre>
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PHP: Is there a better/cleaner way to write the following?

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PHP a Better way to write an IF statement

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