isset PHP isset($_GET['something']) ? $_GET['something'] : ''
In PHP, isset()
is a function that determines whether a variable is set and is not NULL. The syntax for using isset()
is isset(var)
, where var
is the name of the variable you want to check.
The code you provided uses the ternary operator ? :
to check if $_GET['something']
is set. If it is set, the value of $_GET['something']
is returned. If it is not set, an empty string is returned.
Here is an example of how this code could be used:
<?php
$something = isset($_GET['something']) ? $_GET['something'] : '';
echo $something; // will echo nothing on the screen
If $_GET['something']
is set, the value of $something
will be the value of $_GET['something']
. If $_GET['something']
is not set, $something
will be an empty string.