Question

Is there a way to have an inline if statement in PHP which also includes a elseif?

I would assume the logic would go something like this:

$unparsedCalculation = ($calculation > 0) ? "<span style=\"color: #9FE076;\">".$calculation : ($calculation < 0) ? "<span style=\"color: #FF736A;\">".$calculation : $calculation;

Answer 1

elseif is nothing more than else if, so, practically, there is no elseif, it’s just a convenience. The same convenience is not provided for the ternary operator, because the ternary operator is meant to be used for very short logic.

if ($a) { ... } elseif ($b) { ... } else { ... }

is identical to

if ($a) { ... } else { if ($b) { ... } else { ... } }

Therefore, the ternary equivalent is

$a ? ( ... ) : ( $b ? ( ... ) : ( ... ) )