Posted by A on 10/12/05 03:46

I need to modify $_POST array to have default values if some variable is not
present or empty i.e.:

if (!isset($_POST['foo']))
{
$_POST['foo'] = 'my default';
}

the code above works, but I'm wondering - is this "legal" to do like this.
considering $_POST is superglobal it should be OK, but considering it is
reserved array it may not be ok... any oppinions?

I could rewrite this into something that would fill variables with the
$_POST contents but why not doing it directly on $_POST if it is allowed...
it is simpler to handle.

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