Comments on: Null-Object Pattern http://blog.tolleiv.de/2008/07/null-object-pattern/ is elsewhere - this is just about all sorts of web related work with a small factor of fanciness Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:27:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert http://blog.tolleiv.de/2008/07/null-object-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Robert Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:49:12 +0000 http://blog.tolleiv.de/2008/07/null-object-pattern/#comment-248 Try this on:<br /><br />$obj = (object) isset_or(should_return_obj_but_returns_null());<br /><br />function isset_or(&$check, $alternate = NULL)<br />{<br /> return isset($check) ? $check : $alternate;<br />}<br /><br />// This allows you to also specify an alternate rather than NULL to use, but casting NULL to an object with (object) returns PHP's stdClass()...<br /><br />Enjoy! Try this on:

$obj = (object) isset_or(should_return_obj_but_returns_null());

function isset_or(&$check, $alternate = NULL)
{
return isset($check) ? $check : $alternate;
}

// This allows you to also specify an alternate rather than NULL to use, but casting NULL to an object with (object) returns PHP's stdClass()…

Enjoy!

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