Question

Normally when I retrieve an array from the database, I check to see if a certain element exists or is set to a certain value and echo text out accordingly:

if (isset($bar)) // or is true 
{
  echo "something";
}
else  // elseif is set to false
{
  echo "not something";
}

But once you lots of variables, it can make your code quite an eyesore. I know you can easily create a function to do this, but does php provide an functionality built in to do this? What do fellow SOs do to get around this?

Answer 1

I find the ternary operator to be less of an eye-sore in these situations.

So

echo (isset($bar) ? 'something' : 'not something');