Re: PHP 5.1

The problem with your example of firstNotEmpty() would be that if a variable is not set, I'll get a notice, which I don't want. So it's really no different from an isset() check. You want to be able to apply it to an variable that is not yet set. Ron ""Sara Golemon"" <pollita@php.net> wrote in message news:38.CE.21296.BFD78A24@pb1.pair.com... > > > What about ifsetor for 5.1 ? > > > > Would anybody be interested in a parameter for ifsetor() that would treat > > isset() as !empty() or an alternative function that achieves this? I know > > I'd love to see that. I use empty() a lot more than isset(). > > > In the interrest of KISS, I'd leave the emptiness concept out of the > picture. Unlike isset-ness, an emptiness coalesce *can* be done in > userspace: > > function firstNotEmpty() { > $vars = func_get_args(); > foreach($vars as $var) > if (!empty($var)) return $var; > return NULL; > } > > There's enough....contention over the undeniably useful and > not-implementable-in-userspace parts of this thread that it's not worth > muddling it up with things that are a simple matter to do in userspace. It > doesn't matter that notempty() and ifsetor() could easily be implemented by > the same opcode (just like isset/empty are). > > -Sara