From 84c2ee3c4e7772e58b73af14d5fd714fa142c3b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Vrana <vrana@php.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:10:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Document short ?:

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@272952 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 language/operators.xml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/language/operators.xml b/language/operators.xml
index 932f80dd4d..901bee09ea 100644
--- a/language/operators.xml
+++ b/language/operators.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.128 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.129 $ -->
  <chapter xml:id="language.operators" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
   <title>Operators</title>
   <simpara>
@@ -694,6 +694,12 @@ if (empty($_POST['action'])) {
      <replaceable>expr3</replaceable> if
      <replaceable>expr1</replaceable> evaluates to &false;.
     </para>
+    <para>
+     Since PHP 5.3, it is possible to leave out the middle part of the ternary
+     operator. Expression <literal>expr1 ?: expr3</literal> returns
+     <replaceable>expr1</replaceable> if <replaceable>expr1</replaceable>
+     evaluates to &true;, and <replaceable>expr3</replaceable> otherwise.
+    </para>
     <note>
      <simpara>
       Please note that the ternary operator is a statement, and that it