simple function question

[netmastan]

hi, I just need a function that will check some variables and if they empty it will give vairables value '-----'.

here is my code

function checkdefault($addr2,$state,$postcode){
	if($addr2==''){
		$addr2='-----';
	}
	return $addr2;

if($state==''){
	$state='-----';
}
return $state;

if($postcode==''){
	$postode='-----';
}
return $postcode;
}

And I use the following code to display this variables

$addr2=checkdefault($addr2,$state,$postcode);
$state=checkdefault($addr2,$state,$postcode);
$postcode=checkdefault($addr2,$state,$postcode);

Is there better way to do this..I mean I just need $addr2,$state,$postcode variables..so I can print at any place.if they empty their values will be '-----'

thanks in advance.

[MeX]

hi netmastan!

well you could also do:

// NO FUNCTION
$addr2 = (isset($addr2) || ($addr2 == '')) ? '-----' : $addr2;

hope that helps!!

ceeyaa.MeX

[MeX]

or if you like to have a function:

$var1 = '';
$var2 = ' ';
$var3 = 'var3';

function checkDefault($var) {
	if (isset($var) && $var != '' && $var != ' ') {
		return $var;
	} else {
		return '-----';
	}
}

echo "var1 ==> " . checkDefault($var1) . "<br>";
echo "var2 ==> " . checkDefault($var2) . "<br>";
echo "var3 ==> " . checkDefault($var3) . "<br>";

ceeyaa.MeX

[netmastan]

thank you.. I liked the function.It works great.