On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 23:02 -0400, Andrew Ballard wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 08:44 -0700, Yeti wrote:
> > > I would understand it if it was like this ..
> > >
> > > <?php
> > > $search = isset($_GET['search']) ? $_GET['search'] : '';
> > > # versus
> > > if (isset($_GET['search'])) { $search = $_GET['search']; }
> > > ?>
> > >
> > > In the first statement $search would either be set to $_GET['search']
> > > or an empty string, whereas in the second statement $search would only
> > > be set, if there is a $_GET['search']
> >
> > Wrong. They are equivalent. The second is probably just easier to follow
> > with a clearly defined default value outside the conditional block.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rob.
>
> No, they are not. In the first statement, $search is the value of
> $_GET['search'] if the key exists, or an empty string if it does not.
> In the second statement, $search is the value of $_GET['search'] if
> the key exists or retains its original value if the key does not
> exist.
Yes, I didn't realize Yeti had changed the OP's code which convoluted
the issue since his version wasn't what I was responding to and I didn't
realize he dropped a line from the OP's code.
Cheers,
Rob.
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