This was discussed for PHP6, but eventually decided not to have such a function. Instead, we now have the following: $var = $_GET['var'] ?: 5;
Taken from http://www.corephp.co.uk/archives/19-Prepare-for-PHP-6.html 'you'd be able to do something like this: "$foo = $_GET['foo'] ?: 42;" (i.e. if foo is true, $foo will equal 42).' 2009/5/1 Raymond Irving <xwis...@yahoo.com> > > Hi Colin and Daniel, > > Thanks for the feedback. > > I know that this functionality can be added to a framework or a stand alone > function but I'm assuming that we would not get the same performance: > > Case 1 > ----------- > $c = isset($a) ? $a : ''; > // total time = overhead of isset() + overhead of ?: > > Case 2 > ----------- > $c = myWrapper($a,$b) > // total time = overhead of myWrapper() + overhead of isset() + overhead of > ?: > > Case 3 > ----------- > $c = ifset($a,$b) > // total time = overhead of ifset() > > > > Best regards > > __ > Raymond Irving > > --- On Thu, 4/30/09, Daniel Brown <danbr...@php.net> wrote: > > > From: Daniel Brown <danbr...@php.net> > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Two very useful PHP functions > > To: "Raymond Irving" <xwis...@yahoo.com> > > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > > Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 11:37 AM > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 22:32, > > Raymond Irving <xwis...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > What do you think? Can they make it into 5.3? > > > > Not when doing the ternary operator that you > > even displayed > > yourself takes up less code and time than a core function > > would. It's > > a good idea, but better handled on the frontend of > > things. You may > > want to consider contributing that to a framework, which is > > where it > > would be more appropriate. > > > > -- > > </Daniel P. Brown> > > daniel.br...@parasane.net > > || danbr...@php.net > > http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ > > 50% Off All Shared Hosting Plans at PilotPig: Use Coupon > > DOW10000 > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
