If you’re working at a big company its easier to use the long way because every person understands that logic whereas most people won’t understand the short way. I know how to use the ternary operator and I can still figure out what I’m trying to do quicker if I do the long way.

$class = $selected == true ? ‘ selected’ : ”;
echo ‘<div class=”‘.$class.’”> </div>’;

versus:
if($selected){
$class = ‘ selected’;
}else{
$class = ”;
}
echo ‘<div class=”‘.$class.’”> </div>’;

Many people will prefer the ternary operator and argue that it is cleaner than the long way (in some situations).

if($var){
//do something
} else {
//do something else
}

That looks way cleaner.

Nice comment..
I would never hire you.
It is about web standards guy.