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Nested Ternary = Fail

Hmm. It's times like this that the coffee isn't fixing my problem, so I'm going to post in Absolute Beginners.

Can somebody spot the error in this nested ternary that I'm missing (and don't say the error is using a ternary, I'll poke you in the eye)? The preceding operation is there as a test and produces the desired result. The nested version is producing a fail. Fail!

php Code:

echo isset( $one[$i]['timestamp'] ) ? $one[$i]['timestamp'] : 'fail';
echo ' :: ';

$timestamp = isset( $one[$i]['timestamp'] )   ? $one[$i]['timestamp'] :
             isset( $two[$i]['timestamp'] )   ? $two[$i]['timestamp'] :
             isset( $three[$i]['timestamp'] ) ? $three[$i]['timestamp'] :
                                                    'fail';
die( $timestamp );

You need to enclose each level

PHP Code:


		
			
isset( $one[$i]['timestamp'] )  ? $one[$i]['timestamp'] : ( isset( $two[$i]['timestamp'] )   ? $two[$i]['timestamp'] : ( isset( $three[$i]['timestamp'] ) ? $three[$i]['timestamp'] : 'fail'));

Ah. Doesn't quite look as pretty at that point. S'too bad. (That's what I get for reading a post on stack overflow as php specific that was actually language agnostic)

It doesn't look that bad with the parenthesis. Also I think indenting each ternary statement may improve readability also.

PHP Code:


		
			
$timestamp = (isset( $one[$i]['timestamp'] )   ? $one[$i]['timestamp'] :
               (isset( $two[$i]['timestamp'] )   ? $two[$i]['timestamp'] :
                 (isset( $three[$i]['timestamp'] ) ? $three[$i]['timestamp'] :
                   'fail'
             )));