Nope. I prefer to treat "invalid" or "non existing" basic types as them being set to a default value. This makes the input handler very robust and I don't have to waste time by writing code that handles failed validation.
For example if I read an integer from $_POST I'd simply write: $value = \intval(@$_POST["field"]); (or a boolean:) $value = (@$_POST["field"] == "set"); I'd prefer this syntax though: $value = \intval($_POST["field"]??); ..simply because it's a more precise expression and no notice is generated and have to be ignored when running the custom error handler - so it should be faster too. ~Hannes On 14 April 2011 18:08, Ole Markus With <olemar...@olemarkus.org> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:05:45 +0200, Hannes Landeholm <landeh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > So basically the discussion now is what exact characters that should be >> used >> to represent this operator? I really hope we can get this implemented >> quickly... I worked with $_POST yesterday and I could really use that ?? >> operator. >> >> > When it comes to $_POST you probably want to use filter_input instead. > > Cheers, > Ole Markus With >
