Req #72047 [Csd]: Support a "conditional assignment" operator like ruby's `||=`

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72047&edit=1 ID: 72047 User updated by: oded at geek dot co dot il Reported by: oded at geek dot co dot il Summary: Support a "conditional assignment" operator like ruby's ||= Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Variables related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 7.0.5 Assigned To: requinix Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I'm happy to see that I'm not breaking any new ground here :-) waiting with anticipation. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-04-18 09:27:02] requinix@php.net Already been accepted, though the PR for it is still pending. https://wiki.php.net/rfc/null_coalesce_equal_operator ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-04-18 08:38:40] oded at geek dot co dot il Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.operators.assignment --- I often find myself setting default values to variables using syntax of the form: $a = $a ?? "default"; The same code in Ruby would be written as a ||= "default" Which is more concise and reduces boilerplate. It would be great if PHP could support such shorthand syntax. For example, how about a "null coalescing" assignment operator: $a ??= 'default' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72047&edit=1