Req #74028 [NEW]: new combined operators ?= and ??=

From: from_php at puggan dot se Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:new combined operators ?= and ??= Description: ------------ Could you make 2 new combined operators: $a ?= 4 => $a = $a ?: 4 AND $a ??= 4 => $a = $a ?? 4 Test script: --------------- <?php function ofstr($a = NULL, $b = NULL) { $a ?= 1; $b ?= 100; return "$a of $b"; } print_r( array( ofstr(2, 5), ofstr(60), ofstr(FALSE, 5) ) ); Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [0] => 2 of 5 [1] => 60 of 100 [2] => 1 of 5 ) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74028&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74028&r=mysqlcfg