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

Isn't this problem solvable with just a "User Space" function? <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); function ifsetor(&$variable, $alternate = NULL){ if(isset($variable)){ $tmp = $variable; echo('<p>$variable exists.</p>'); } else{ $tmp = $alternate; echo('<p>no $variable here.</p>'); } return $tmp; } // no errors thrown ... $nonexistent = ifsetor($nonexistent); ifsetor($randomNonexistent); if($nonexistent !== NULL) echo('<p>$nonexistent is NOT NULL</p>'); else echo('<p>$nonexistent is NULL</p>'); ?> Because, as Derick Rethans mentioned, arguments passed by reference will not trigger the Undefined (variable | index) Notice at the point of the function call, and also PHP's C++ style default arguments providing the alternate value, surely the above code would suffice? Apologies if I've completely misunderstood (with certainty a non-zero probability)... Regards, Cris ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com