PHP won't work correctly.

Upgrade php, or if you can't directly ask the server admin to do so. If its the newest PHP then ask the admin what could be wrong server wise preventing your php script from working correctly.

I took AP Comp. Sci. in Java last year, and we were never advised against using "quickies" unless you can't read code. :( Once you get the hang of doing shorthand statements you'll never want to go back, esp. with ternary operators.

Java sucks doesnt it, i cant wait till next year when we learn C++, im to lazy to learn it by myself.

I do quickies all the time, but when it comes to multile things on one line I dont like it.