Bug #61126 [Opn->Nab]: associative array syntax

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61126&edit=1 ID: 61126 Updated by: nikic@php.net Reported by: cornelius dot howl at gmail dot com Summary: associative array syntax -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: Any PHP Version: 5.4.0RC7 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php You access an undefined index so you obviously get a notice, nothing will change about that. If you want, you can define a function like function getWithDefault(&$var, $default = null) { return isset($var) ? $var : $default; } $abc = getWithDefault($def['abc'], 'ghi'); Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-02-17 17:54:01] cornelius dot howl at gmail dot com Description: ------------ When using undefined $args['method'] this should not throw an error, instead, it should return undef or null. In Perl or Ruby, Python, we usually write: $value = $hash{key} || 'default value'; But in PHP, we have to write such code, that's such inefficient: $value = isset($hash['key']) ? $hash['key'] : 'default'; Yes, we can use '@', but the '@' makes PHP runs more slower. It will be better if we can have the following syntax: $value = $hash['key'] || 'default value'; so that if you have multiple hashes: $value = $hash['key'] || $hash2['key'] || $hash3['key'] || 'last value'; then we don't have to write: $value = isset($hash['key']) ? $hash['key'] : isset($hash2['key']) ? $hash2['key'] : $hash2['key'] ........ # whatever Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61126&edit=1