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Some days, all I wish is that PHP had a shortcut assignment operator: $var = $tom || 'ed';

• ars 18y ago
  What is that intended to mean? Do you mean: $var = $tom ? $tom : 'ed'; If so, you can also do: $var = $tom or $var = 'ed'; If you don't want to calculate $tom twice.
  • IsaacSchlueter 18y ago
    Ars, the point is that $var = $tom || 'ed'; is much less verbose than the alternatives. More generally, it's just strange to me that || and && don't operate the same in PHP as they do in every other C-style language. Neither does the ternary if, for that matter.
    • salathe 18y ago
      PHP 5.3 (and/or 6, I forget) gives us $var = $tom ?: 'ed';
      • compay 18y ago
        I love how Groovy refers to that as the "Elvis" operator.