Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token if in jquery

Question

I have created a autocomplete suggestion box which is working fine but the problem is when I use if and else and console.log() it shows an error in my console ie Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token if I don't know why? How can I solve this issue? Please help me.

code:

$("#tag").tokenInput("<?php echo base_url(); ?>search_tag", {
    onResult: function(results){
        $.each(results, function (index, value) {
            value.name = if(value.client_img==''){ "<img src='<?php echo base_url(); ?>assets/user.png'>" }else{ "<img src='<?php echo base_url(); ?>assets/client_img/"+value.client_img+"'>" }+value.fname+" "+value.lname;
        });
        //return results;
        console.log(results);
    }
});

Answer 1

The if should be earlier so that the results of the if/ else block are applied to the value.name property.

$.each(results, function (index, value) {
  if(value.client_img==''){ 
  value.name ="<img src='<?php echo base_url(); ?>assets/user.png'>" 
  }else{
  value.name = "<img src='<?php echo base_url(); ?>assets/client_img/"+value.client_img+"'>" +value.fname+" "+value.lname;
  }
});

or use a ternary operator

$.each(results, function (index, value) {
  value.client_img==''
   ? value.name ="<img src='<?php echo base_url(); ?>assets/user.png'>" 
   : value.name = "<img src='<?php echo base_url(); ?>assets/client_img/"+value.client_img+"'>" +value.fname+" "+value.lname;
});