From: Operating system: Any PHP version: 5.4.0RC7 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:associative array syntax
Description: ------------ When using undefined $args['method'] this should not throw an error, instead, it should return undef or null. In Perl or Ruby, Python, we usually write: $value = $hash{key} || 'default value'; But in PHP, we have to write such code, that's such inefficient: $value = isset($hash['key']) ? $hash['key'] : 'default'; Yes, we can use '@', but the '@' makes PHP runs more slower. It will be better if we can have the following syntax: $value = $hash['key'] || 'default value'; so that if you have multiple hashes: $value = $hash['key'] || $hash2['key'] || $hash3['key'] || 'last value'; then we don't have to write: $value = isset($hash['key']) ? $hash['key'] : isset($hash2['key']) ? $hash2['key'] : $hash2['key'] ........ # whatever Thanks -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61126&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61126&r=mysqlcfg