what's wrong with this statement?

$stock_idWidth = ($stock_ID == ("7" || "C" || "5")  ? "139" : "250"); 

Code (markup):

this will give me a false everytime even when $stock_ID != the 3 values...

 

You cannot compare values like that.

Do it this way instead:

$stock_idWidth = in_array($stock_ID, array(7, "C", 5))  ? 139 : 250;

PHP:

 

The || operator doesn't work like that. Nico_swd has provided a working example that doesn't use ||, but if you wanted to your code would need to be:

$stock_idWidth = (($stock_ID == "7" || $stock_ID ==  "C" || $stock_ID == "5")  ? "139" : "250");

Code (markup):

 

cool, gonna try this.. thanks guys