On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:06:47AM -0500, Brian Moon wrote: > >It might be nice to extend it such that if the 1st argument is a list then > >the > >first in the list which is set is returned, eg: > > > > $var = var_set(($_GET['var'], $_POST['var']), 'default'); > > If that is the usage, I would suggest coalesce() to be consistent with > the same concept in SQL. And you would not need a list as the first > argument. Just pass multiple arguments and return the first set value. > > $var = var_set($_GET['var'], $_POST['var'], 'default');
Even better. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_%28SQL%29#COALESCE -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include <std_disclaimer.h> -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
