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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:09:08 +0100
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Subject: AW: [PHP-DEV] Method check - Can someone create a RFC for it?
From: Frank.Liepert@gmx.de ("Frank Liepert")

> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Carlos Rodrigues [mailto:carlos.vini@gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. M=E4rz 2013 19:08
> An: internals@lists.php.net
> Betreff: [PHP-DEV] Method check - Can someone create a RFC for it?
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> Hi,
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> I'd like to suggest a new functionality for PHP. I don't know the
> internals, and i can't create a patch implementing this. I'm writing
> here in case someone likes this idea and write a RFC.
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> We've had a problem recently where one of our developers forgot an
> "if".
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> So instead of writing
> if ($obj->image) {
> echo $obj->image->getUrl();
> }
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> He wrote:
> echo $obj->image->getUrl();
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> Here, locally, it was working cause we had the image. But when we
> updated the online version we got a "Fatal error: Call to a member
> function getUrl() on a non-object" cause someone didn't upload the
> image in one of the records that we're on the home page.
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> Fatal errors like this can't be catched by a try/catch. And since this
> getUrl() was not essential for the page, we'd better output an empty
> string then having the site offline.
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> One might say: "you guys should have tested it better", or "The image
> field should be mandatory in the back end."
> And it's true, he should have written that extra "if {}".
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> Examining this problem we happened to stumble open Ruby's and
> Coffescript's method check.
> Something like this:
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> $obj->image?->getUrl()?;
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> So my suggestion is:
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> Create something like $foo->bar?() or $foo->bar()?, where you don't
> care whether the function exists, or if $foo is an object. If it
> doesn't exist you just return null.
> I guess there are plenty of systems out there where it's better to
> output an empty string than having your site offline, just cause the
> programmer couldn't test it completely.
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> Thanks for reading it.
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> Carlos Rodrigues
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