If we're going to add a new language construct I believe that it should
be readable and not some perl-like thingie. SQL has coalesce() functions
which returns returns first non-null argument of any number of
arguments. PHP version could return a first set argument:
$lang = coalesce($_COOKIE['lang'], $user_settings['lang'], 'en');
It shouldn't be too difficult to tell what this one does.
Edin
Sebastian wrote:
Wow, it'll be just like perl! this is so great.
On 10/28/05, James Crumpton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
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