Question

Would you write this code any differently? I don’t mind tertiary operator by the way so any ideas that include it are also welcome

if ($stopYear < $startYear) {
   for ($i = $startYear; $i >= $stopYear; $i--) {
     $yearMultiOptions[$i] = $i;
   }
} else {
   for ($i = $startYear; $i <= $stopYear; $i++) {
     $yearMultiOptions[$i] = $i;
   }
}

Answer 1

You could do something like this:

$step = ($stopYear < $startYear) ? -1 : 1;
for ($i = $startYear; $i != $stopYear; $i += step) {
    $yearMultiOptions[$i] = $i;
}