Re: what happened to that new isset() like language

* Thus wrote Marc Richards: > > > Jason Garber wrote: > > > I am interested in the new construct for the exact same reason, E_ALL > development. I am intersted in the ?: operator because it looks alot > simpler, especially if you want to chain them together: > > $user = $_SESSION['user] ?: $_POST['user'] ?: $local_user ?: NULL; At this point, might as well make the Or operator silence E_NOTICE warnings: $user = $_SESSION['user] Or $_POST['user'] Or $local_user Or NULL; at least it would be readable. The biggest problem I have with using ?: is that down the line we might just have something like: $foo = $bar ?%@*&!: $qaz Inventing operators that consist more than one character can lead to trouble. Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid!