Re: The constant use of isset()

On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 18:23 +0100, Lewis Wright wrote: > Regarding ifsetor, what's wrong with just using this: > > isset($myvar) OR $myvar = 'i am set'; > > It works in just the same way and has no problems. I agree it would be > great though if there could be a function to retrieve a variable's > value if it exists, without throwing an error if it doesn't exist. I'm > not sure if isset would be appropriate though. > > Lewis. mixed value_of( $variable [, $defaultValue=null] ); <?php if( value_of( $_GET['action'] ) == 'edit' ) { // ... } switch( value_of( $_GET['action'], 'details' ) ) { case 'details': ... } ?> Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP