Re: $POST and $_SESSION

How about this? $first_name = @$_POST['first_name'] or $first_name = $_SESSION['first_name'] ? $_SESSION['first_name'] : null; Thanks, Michael On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:04, Tedd Sperling <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi gang: >> >> What's a better/shorter way to write this? >> >> $first_name = $_SESSION['first_name'] ? $_SESSION['first_name'] : null; >> $first_name = isset($_POST['first_name']) ? $_POST['first_name'] : >> $first_name; >> $_SESSION['first_name'] = $first_name; > >    A simple reusable function and pass-through variable is one method: > > <?php > >    session_start(); >    $_SESSION['first_name'] = $first_name = > thisorthat(@$_POST['first_name'],null); > >    function thisorthat($a,$b) { >        return isset($a) ? $a : $b; >    } > > ?> > -- > </Daniel P. Brown> > Network Infrastructure Manager > http://www.php.net/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >