PHP - define variable with condition while doing it - php

Question

I don't know how to describle it, just look at the code:
$html =
'<table>
<tr>
<td>'
if(strlen($parse['abweichend_name']) > 2)
{
'Lieferanschrift<br>' . $parse['abweichend_firma'] . '<br>' . $parse['abweichend_name'] . '<br>' . $parse['abweichend_strasse'] . '<br>' . $parse['abweichend_plz'] . ' ' . $parse['abweichend_ort'];
}
else
{
'Lieferanschrift<br>' . $parse['firma'] . '<br>' . $parse['name'] . '<br>' . $parse['strasse'] . '<br>' . $parse['plz'] . ' ' . $parse['ort'];
}
'</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">
<font size="5" color="#808080">bla</font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>';
Is it even possible to do it somehow? xD I know how to do it right/normally but just wonder if there is any way to do it this way

Answer 1

In your case, as all fields have prefix abweichend_ you can do this:
$html = '<table><tr><td>';
$prefix = strlen($parse['abweichend_name']) > 2? 'abweichend_' : '';
$html .= 'Lieferanschrift<br>' . $parse[$prefix . 'firma'] . '<br>' . $parse[$prefix . 'name'] . '<br>' . $parse[$prefix . 'strasse'] . '<br>' . $parse[$prefix . 'plz'] . ' ' . $parse[$prefix . 'ort'];
$html .= '</td><td align="right" valign="top"><font size="5" color="#808080">bla</font></td></tr></table>';
And of course, I replaced $html = $html . "string" with $html .= "string".

Answer 2

You can use a normal if condition and append to the string variable.
$html = '<table><tr><td>';
if(strlen($parse['abweichend_name']) > 2) {
$html = $html . 'Lieferanschrift<br>' . $parse['abweichend_firma'] . '<br>' . $parse['abweichend_name'] . '<br>' . $parse['abweichend_strasse'] . '<br>' . $parse['abweichend_plz'] . ' ' . $parse['abweichend_ort'];
} else {
$html = $html . 'Lieferanschrift<br>' . $parse['firma'] . '<br>' . $parse['name'] . '<br>' . $parse['strasse'] . '<br>' . $parse['plz'] . ' ' . $parse['ort'];
}
$html = $html . '</td><td align="right" valign="top"><font size="5" color="#808080">bla</font></td></tr></table>';
Or you can use the ternary operator, but in my opinion the readability of this solution is worse.
$html = '<table><tr><td>' .
(strlen($parse['abweichend_name']) > 2) ?
('Lieferanschrift<br>' . $parse['abweichend_firma'] . '<br>' . $parse['abweichend_name'] . '<br>' . $parse['abweichend_strasse'] . '<br>' . $parse['abweichend_plz'] . ' ' . $parse['abweichend_ort']) :
('Lieferanschrift<br>' . $parse['firma'] . '<br>' . $parse['name'] . '<br>' . $parse['strasse'] . '<br>' . $parse['plz'] . ' ' . $parse['ort']) .
'</td><td align="right" valign="top"><font size="5" color="#808080">bla</font></td></tr></table>'