Re: Oh, for a "sureset()" (orthogonal to isset())

> function sureset($var) { > > if(!isset($var) || empty($var)) > return ''; > else > return $var; > } > > Of course, when you've got strict checking on, the above doesn't > work, because if the variable is unset you get caught on the fact > before the function call happens. One change will make your code work: just pass the $var argument by reference, ie. function sureset (&$var) { ...code... } I wrote a similar function a while ago, with a little added functionality: function get_if_set ( &$testVar, $falseValue = NULL) { if ( isset( $testVar ) ) { return $testVar; } else { return $falseValue; } }