On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:04, Tedd Sperling <tedd.sperl...@gmail.com> 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;
    }

?>
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