Re: repetition of tedious references

Olav Mørkrid wrote:

consider the following statement: $language = isset($_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"]) && $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"] != "" ? $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"] : "*"; when using strings in arrays that may be non-existing or empty, you have to repeat the reference *three* times, which gets excessive and unreadable. is there any way to only have to write $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"] only once? i know it's possible to supress "is not set" with @, but that just seems wrong in case there really is an error in the statement. i love php, but this is one of my pet peeves.

Maybe this? <?php $v = @$_SERVER['xpy']; echo ( empty($v) ? '*' : $v ); -- Jim Lucas "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare