On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:04, Tedd Sperling <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi gang: > > What's a better/shorter way to write this? > > $first_name = $_SESSION['first_name'] ? $_SESSION['first_name'] : null; > $first_name = isset($_POST['first_name']) ? $_POST['first_name'] : $first_name; > $_SESSION['first_name'] = $first_name; A simple reusable function and pass-through variable is one method: <?php session_start(); $_SESSION['first_name'] = $first_name = thisorthat(@$_POST['first_name'],null); function thisorthat($a,$b) { return isset($a) ? $a : $b; } ?> -- </Daniel P. Brown> Network Infrastructure Manager http://www.php.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php