note 78485 added to function.isset

I've come up with a little not-so-clean but useful function to avoid checking if a variable is set before reading its value, specially useful for $_REQUEST and the like: <?php function toLocal( $source, &$dest, $default = null ) { if( isset( $source ) ) $dest = $source; else $dest = $default; } ?> and then call it this way: <?php @toLocal( $_REQUEST['item_id'], $item_id, 0 ); ?> It checks wether the variable is set, copies it to a local variable, and if it wasn't set, it assigns the new variable a default value, all in one line, preventing you to have to always check for isset() before trying to read its value. Gotta call it with @ because if the variable is not set, then trying to pass it as an argument will yield a warning. Petruza. ---- Server IP: 201.216.232.3 Probable Submitter: 24.232.22.244 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.isset.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/78485 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78485/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78485/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78485/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78485/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78485/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78485/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78485 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/78485 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php