In PHP, what does <?=$varname ?> do?

[apinomus]

<?=$varname ?>

In the code I'm looking at it seems like it's a short-cut print command, but does it take into account any conditionals like if() ? Thanks

 

[Drakkon]

just a shortcut of the print commmand cant use any more code in it than a one liner thing...but something like this:
<?=($varname)? $var1 : $var2 ?>

can work

 

[apinomus]

<?=($varname)? $var1 : $var2 ?>
What long-form code does that translate into? Any links on where to learn more about short-cuts like that?

 

[Drakkon]

if($varname) {
print $var1;
} else {
print $var 2;
}

learned all i know from php.net and the chm manual

 

[apinomus]

Thanks for the replies Drakkon!