ternary operation is always evaulating to false

[Chucklez]

I dont understand it, so hopefully someone here can point out what my stupid mistake is.

$DATE_SL=(trim($SCRIE_SL)!='?????') ? $SCRIE_SL : "?????";

Now, SCRIE_SL has a value of 456, but it keeps returning a value of "?????", which is the false part of the statement.

I have been trying to figure out this simple problem for several hours now, and I give up. Can someone shed some light on this?

 

[ArkM]

Ops priorities issue:

x = (...?...:...);

You have (x=...)?...:...;