PHP Error String

Question

How would I get:

print (!$getTemplate) ? "Cannot Find Template File!" : "Template OK!";

to be used as:

if (!$getTemplate)
{
    echo "Cannot Find Template File!";
}
else
{
    echo "Template OK!";
};

I have tried so many way of doing it but cant find it, im still quite new at PHP.

There is a semicolon ; at the end of the if statement. I didn't remove it while editing assuming that you might have put it intentionally. It should be removed. — Lion
– Lion, Commented Apr 19, 2012 at 14:38
Just tested and even with the semicolon removed it still doesn't work. — Drmzindec
– Drmzindec, Commented Apr 19, 2012 at 14:40

Dale · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-19 15:02:01Z

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It's hard to tell where this going wrong from your question but I would suggest this.

You could try using file_exists();

For example:

Edited later to include OP's edit:

$getTemplate = '/path/to/file.html';

if ( ! file_exists($getTemplate))
{
    echo "Cannot Find Template File!";
}
else
{
    echo "Template OK!";
    // fopen, fwrite, fclose here
}

edited Apr 19, 2012 at 15:02

answered Apr 19, 2012 at 14:34

Dale

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Drmzindec Over a year ago

I have already created the file dynamically, this is just to check if it is in the folder and the writes the string to a file.

Dale Over a year ago

Yes this code will check if it is in a folder, you would then add your writing to a file code to the else portion of above code.

Drmzindec Over a year ago

Thanks! My day must have been to long. This works fine! i just have to clean it up.

Dale Over a year ago

:-) glad to have helped, accepting my answer would be much appreciated.

Israhack · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-19 14:33:23Z

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you mean like this:

 echo (!$getTemplate ? "Cannot Find Template File!" : "Template OK!");

answered Apr 19, 2012 at 14:33

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Drmzindec Over a year ago

Ye i saw that and fixed it, i used print originally.

Jazz · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-19 14:34:13Z

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You can just pass that first expression you listed to the echo construct:

echo ( $getTemplate ? "Template OK!" : "Cannot find template file!" );

(Note: I removed the ! and reversed the order of the ternary arguments to make it easier to follow.)

answered Apr 19, 2012 at 14:34

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Drmzindec Over a year ago

I need to eventually write the text to a file and cant get fwrite to work in that string.

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