Nice write up! I used to use the
parentheses the same as in your
example:

$dynamic = ($language == ‘php’ ? true
: false);

But was “mildly scolded” by a JS guru
much smarter than I. He said it should
be:

$dynamic = ($language == ‘php’) ? true
: false;

Now technically, either way is
“correct” since JS allows both ways.
But I found myself agreeing with said
guru, mainly that the logic test
portion should be in the parentheses.
Example:

if ($language == ‘php’) { // code }
else { // code }

Even simpler would be:
$dynamic = $language == ‘php’ ? true : false;

or even:
$dynamic = $language == ‘php’;

in JS this works the same way.

And for anyone who is interested.
Although it seems to miss in php, javascript does have an interesting even shorter expression for when working with if it’s false then use this default

php:
$somevar = $othervar ? $othervar : “default”;

javascript:
$somevar = $othervar || “default”;

(in php $somevar will evaluate to ‘true’ since a filled string (“default”) is always ‘true’ in a or(||)-situation)

$dynamic = ($language == ‘php’ ? true : false);

But was “mildly scolded” by a JS guru much smarter than I. He said it should be:

$dynamic = ($language == ‘php’) ? true : false;

Now technically, either way is “correct” since JS allows both ways. But I found myself agreeing with said guru, mainly that the logic test portion should be in the parentheses. Example:

if ($language == ‘php’) {
// code
} else {
// code
}

So to his way of thinking (and now mine), since in this structure it’s just the logical test that is within the parentheses, so should it be in the ternary structure.

But thanks for the coding tips :)