Posted by Christoph Burschka on 03/26/07 18:20

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Lo'oris wrote:
>> $name=$_GET['name'];
>> if (!$name)
>> $name="value";
>>
>> i can't figure out how to shorten this thing. Is there some kind of
>> operator i don't know about?
>>
>
> $name = isset($_GET['name']) ? $_GET['name'] : null;
>
> You should always test with isset() to see if a value passed to your
> page is set or not. Otherwise you will get a notice if you have them
> enabled.
>

If setting multiple variables from $_GET, you can also try this:

$parameters=array('name'=>"value",'example'=>"value1",'another'=>"value2");
foreach ($parameters as $parameter=>$value)
{
$$parameter=$_GET[$parameter]?$_GET['parameter:$value;
}

--
cb

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