Re: $POST and $_SESSION

From: Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:25:07 +0000
Subject: Re: $POST and $_SESSION
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On 3/15/2012 9:04 AM, Tedd Sperling wrote:
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;
Better: $first_name = null; if (isset($_POST['first_name'])) { $first_name = $_POST['first_name']; $_SESSION['first_name'] = $first_name; } elseif (isset($_SESSION['first_name'])) { $first_name = $_SESSION['first_name'] } Shorter: $first_name = @$_POST['first_name'] ?: (@$_SESSION['first_name'] ?: null); $_SESSION['first_name'] = $first_name;

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