Re: Newbie: Do or Die ... howto in PHP???

Hi, Monday, April 7, 2003, 2:16:59 PM, you wrote: RB> Hi gang RB> I've been scouraging both through my offline manual, and the online RB> version, trying to find a way to use a Do or Die method (or try/catch as RB> it's called in java) for checking if query variables are set, but have RB> come up a blank if this is even possible in PHP, and then even more blank RB> as how to do it, and how the syntax would look... RB> Like I currently do this: RB> if (isset($_GET['loc'])) { RB> $loc = $_GET['loc']; RB> $includefile("files/$loc.src.html"); RB> } RB> else { RB> $includefile('files/defaultfile.src.html'); RB> } RB> or something similar, depending on the situation (and of course I RB> occasionally use both post and get or either, which makes it more RB> complex). RB> Since some of the pages can take quite a few variables, this can get a bit RB> teadious to code default values this way, and also pretty complex on the RB> pages that have to check for the same variable in both get and post (I RB> can't always use $_REQUEST). RB> So is there some way to code a Do or Die procedure in PHP??? RB> Like in Java, you'd do something like: RB> try { RB> // some expressions RB> } RB> catch { RB> // some fail-safe/error management expressions RB> } RB> finally { RB> // always do this RB> } RB> Does PHP have this??? I tried looking under error management, but that RB> didn't really fit what I'm looking for... RB> TIA RB> Rene RB> -- RB> Rene Brehmer RB> This message was written on 100% recycled spam. RB> Come see! My brand new site is now online! RB> http://www.metalbunny.net To cut down typing I use this class in an auto prepend file. class req { function get($var,$sub=False){ return (isset($_GET[$var]))? $_GET[$var]:$sub; } function post($var,$sub=False){ return (isset($_POST[$var]))? $_POST[$var]:$sub; } function request($var,$sub=False){ return (isset($_REQUEST[$var]))? $_REQUEST[$var]:$sub; } function server($var,$sub=False){ return (isset($_SERVER[$var]))? $_SERVER[$var]:$sub; } function session($var,$sub=False){ return (isset($_SESSION[$var]))? $_SESSION[$var]:$sub; } } No need to instantiate the class just use like this if($loc = req::get('loc'){ $includefile("files/$loc.src.html"); } else { $includefile('files/defaultfile.src.html'); } you can also supply a default value like this: $file = req::get('loc','defaultfile').'.src.html'; incluse{$file); If you get variables by both post or get use req::request('var') Not exactly what you asked for but it should help -- regards, Tom