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

Wow, it'll be just like perl! this is so great. On 10/28/05, James Crumpton <james@safesearching.com> wrote: > Andi Gutmans wrote: > > I don't think it's a matter of giving the engine a try. I think we first need > > to make a decision what the best way to go is and then we can discuss > > implementation if/what is possible. Once 5.0.0 is out I'm going to have more > > time look into this. > > What's the word on this? > > Some of the names given were: > issetor > ifsetor > ifset > ifnull > coalesce > > I'm actually kind of partial to: > > $a = $foo || $bar; > $a = $foo || $bar || $xyz || $etc; > > Or better yet (or maybe in addition too): > > $a['foo'] ||= 'bar'; // if set do nothing, otherwise assign 'bar' > > > -james > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- ------------- buddhahead@gmail.com