[Asterisk-Users] extensions.conf if/then statement

[Jay Milk]

Google for "asterisk gotoif" -- third match down brings you to
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> From: VCI Help Desk [mailto:admin at vci.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:43 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] extensions.conf if/then statement
> 
> 
>     Can someone explain to me how to read this? This is an 
> excerpt from
> http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-dev/2003-May/000653
> .html   I had
> it working the way I wanted at one time but I never really 
> understood the first statement. It's some sort of if/else but 
> I'm not familar with this method.
> 
> ; is this a forwarded call (->5) or a direct call (->2)
> exten => 8500,1,gotoif,$[${RDNIS}]?${EXTEN}|5:${EXTEN}|2
> 
>     I believe this is similar to the following PHP statement 
> - which I can get to do what I want but I don't really 
> understand the syntax.
> 
> print "<option value=AcctStartTime". 
> ($_GET[searchfield]=='AcctStartTime'?'
> selected':'') ."> Login Time</option>";