It should be a function and not a language construct IMHO. Either ifsetor or overload the isset statement (which may not be possible within the engine).
If isset called with 1 argument, it returns a boolean, otherwise it returns the first valid variable. Instead of: $localvar = (isset($_REQUEST['globalvar'])) ? $_REQUEST['globalvar'] : "default value"; This makes perfect sense (to me at least): $localvar = isset($_REQUEST['globalvar'], "default value 1", ...); That covers the most common usage of the isset variable. Whether its possible in the engine is out of my range of knowledge. Bob Silva > -----Original Message----- > From: Edin Kadribasic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 4:19 PM > To: Sebastian > Cc: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] what happened to that new isset() like language > > 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 > >> > >> -- > >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > ------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
