Req #72266 [Opn->Dup]: AND and OR combined operators

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72266&edit=1 ID: 72266 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: remyfox at hotmail dot com Summary: AND and OR combined operators -Status: Open +Status: Duplicate Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Variables related Operating System: Any PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Closing as duplicate of bug #49718. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-08-14 12:55:18] tolsen at southern dot edu The following pull request has been associated: Patch Name: Added request #72266 On GitHub: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/4535 Patch: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/4535.patch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-05-26 11:15:35] remyfox at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ From the manual http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.assignment.php: there are "combined operators" for all of the binary arithmetic, array union and string operators that allow you to use a value in an expression and then set its value to the result of that expression. Wouldn't it be better to allow combined operations for all binary operators? It seems arbitrary that some binary operators (such as the logical ones) don't support this. There seem to be plenty of use cases. Test script: --------------- // In a system where a user obtains a permission if he has at least one role that gives such a permission. $permitted = false; foreach ($user_roles as $user_role) { $permitted ||= $user_role["permitted"]; } // In a system where multiple validations exists which each return a boolean. $valid = true; foreach ($validations as $validation) { $valid &&= $validation(); } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72266&edit=1