--- "Ford, Mike [LSS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, it's not -- the misconception appears to be yours.
Well, perhaps it is a difference in perspective. Yes, "or" and "||" can be
exchanged:
1. if ($foo or $bar) blah();
2. mysql_query($sql) || die(mysql_error());
My point was to differentiate the two examples above, regardless of format.
A conditional means to me that there is a fork in the path. In example 1 above,
the fork is whether blah() is to be executed or not, and what determines that
is whether either $foo or $bar evaluate as true. In example 2, the fork is
whether die(mysql_error()) happens, and what determines that is whether
mysql_query($sql) evaluates as true (indicating the query was successful). I
guess you could see two different forks in the path concerning example 1,
because $bar is only evaluated if $foo is false. Either way, the primary point
of the conditional expression is to determine whether blah() should be
executed.
So, you are right, but I think of things a bit differently.
Chris
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