Re: a shortcut to set variable

On Tuesday, 12 April 2011 at 11:52, tedd wrote: At 11:06 AM +0100 4/12/11, Stuart Dallas wrote: > > On Tuesday, 12 April 2011 at 10:36, Joe Francis wrote: > > eh, I just want to get a shortcut like > > > > > > $id = isset($_GET['id']) ? $_GET['id'] : 0; > > > > > > > > > BTW, I'm using PHP5.3+, thanks bros. > > > > > > http://stut.net/2011/04/12/php-snippet-array-element-access/ > > > > -Stuart > > > > -- > > Stuart Dallas > > Stuart: > > Interesting and nice idea (your snippets). I'm sure it's easier for I've changed the syntax highlighter I use, so I really need to go back over previous snippets and fix them! > you to read, but my first thought about V() is huh? In truth, it > would take me a while to get used to it and if I came across it in > someone else's code I would find it more confusing than a ternary > operator. Then calling it ifsetor would probably work better. > Questions: > > 1. Why "V"? Does that stand for Variable? Yup. > 2. Why the "()" in: > > $var = (isset($_GET['var']) ? $_GET['var']) : ''); > > Why not? > > $var = isset($_GET['var']) ? $_GET['var']) : ''; Clarity-based habit. They are in no way necessary. > 3. Are the "Ramblings of a random software engineer" the "Ramblings > of a random-software engineer" or the "Ramblings of a random > software-engineer" ? Take your pick. I'm available for contract work, and a lot of that is random! :) -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/