Re: Re: $POST and $_SESSION

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Michael Clark <mclark@insidesales.com> wrote: > 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; Even shorter: $_SESSION['first_name'] = $first_name = @$_POST['first_name'] ?: @$_SESSION['first_name']; - Matijn