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Subject: Re: Yet another feature request
From: tularis@php.net ("M.Sokolewicz")

read the archives, there's been a LOT of discussion about this already. 
AFAIK the team decided not to implement this before PHP 6.0.

- tul

Arnold Daniels wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I see this is the time to do language feature request. So let me add 
> another. I very often use something like:
> /$a = isset($x['abc']) ? //$x['abc'] : null;
> /This is to prevent an E_NOTICE from being thrown.
> 
> This subject is already discussed many times, which led to a suggestion 
> for PHP6 
> (http://www.php.net/~derick/meeting-notes.html#ifsetor-as-replacement-for-foo-isset-foo-foo-something-else) 
> 
> /$foo = $_GET['foo'] ?: 42;/
> This still throws an E_NOTICE when the first parameter is not set. Also 
> $foo will be set to 42 if the input variable is 0. The conclusion is 
> that this feature is useless for the presented situation.
> 
> I would like something similar to isset: ifsetor($var, [$default = null]);
> /$a = ifsetor($x['abc']);
> //$foo = ifsetor($_GET['foo'], 42);
> /
> I believe adding this feature will remove the biggest con people have on 
> working with E_NOTICE enabled. I'm sorry if I reopen an already closed 
> subject.
> 
> Best regards,
> Arnold
>