Posted by Chung Leong on 12/06/11 11:44

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Macros are more efficient.
>
> Personally, one construct I use heavily and would like to replace with a macro:
>
> $var = isset($_POST['postvar']) ? $_POST['postvar'] . 'default value';
>
> I use something similar for a get/post, session and cookie values. It would be
> very nice to have a macro.

I think the operation is common enough that it deserves a function-like
operator. Something like

$val = coalesce($_POST['postvar'], $_SESSION['postvar'], 'default
value');

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