Question

I have a if statement evaluating 2 (numbers 1 and 0);

$output['mustHaveButtonText'] = ($dealer->mustHave == 0) ? 'Add to Must Have' : 'Remove From Must Have';

What I want is to assign the number to a string then display the sting instead of the number,

like

 0 =  "Must Have";  
 1 = "Must Not Have";

Answer 1

If I understand correctly, what you want to have is an array, like the following:

$text = array( 0 => 'Add to Must Have', 1 => 'Remove from Must Have');

then you can write:

$output['mustHaveButtonText'] = $text[$dealer->mustHave];

That way, even if you need the text multiple times, you need to define it only once, but can use it multiple times.