Posted by Chris Hope on 10/02/74 11:16

Mike Willbanks wrote:

> Chris,
>> You could do it like this instead of using the @, although your way
>> is less verbose.
>>
>> $name = isset($_POST['name']) ? $_POST['name'] : '';
>>
>> An advantage of doing it this way is it this way lets you specify a
>> default value.
>
> sometimes an even better way is with empty, for say if a field is
> required data :)
>
> if (empty($_POST['name'])) {
> echo('Name must be filled out.');
> }

That's cool. Isn't it fun how you can program in a language for 7 years
and still not know a little thing like that :)

--
Chris Hope | www.electrictoolbox.com | www.linuxcdmall.com

[Back to original message]