Question

I have a foreach loop inside of an if statement. My code is in shorthand format. I do not want the foreach loop to execute if the if condition returns true and instead echo out a message ‘sorry database is empty!’

Functional Code

<?php if (!$check == 0) : ?>
    <?php foreach... ?>
       ...
    <?php endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ($check == 0) echo 'Sorry database is empty!'; ?>

What I don’t like about this code is that I have two separate if conditions. Granted it works as it should but I would prefer to to have an else in the first if.

1. What is the proper syntax for what I want to do?

Alternatively if your answer is something like this:

$var_is_greater_than_two = ($var > 2 ? true : false); // returns true

Explain how that would stop the foreach from executing.

Answer 1

Just use an else:

<?php if ($check !== 0) : ?>
    <?php foreach... ?>
       ...
    <?php endforeach; ?>
<?php else: echo 'Sorry database is empty!'; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

You can also shorten this:

$var_is_greater_than_two = ($var > 2 ? true : false); // returns true

to just this:

$var_is_greater_than_two = ($var > 2); // returns true