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Title : A simple function to prevent undefined $_POST/$_GET/$_SESSION variable errors
Categories : PHP, Variables, Errors and Logging Click here to Update Your Picture
Brian Tafoya
Date : Apr 16th 2004
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PURPOSE:
Simply to keep PHP from geeking out when an undefined POST, GET, or SESSION variable
is meet, always returning a defined variable. (In particular for use in form check boxes.)
----
USAGE:
getvar( mixed var [, int ])
postvar( mixed var [, int ])
sessionvar( mixed var [, int ])

include_once("get_post.php");

Expecting $_GET["somevar"], use instead getvar("somevar")
Expecting $_POST["somevar"], use instead postvar("somevar")
Expecting $_SESSION["somevar"], use instead sessionvar("somevar")

Example:

$sql = "INSERT INTO tbl_something
                SET some_column = " . postvar("checkbox_name",true) . ",
                        some_other_column = '" . postvar("text_box_name") . "'";
                        
The first argment is the variable name, the second tells the function to return an int (0)
on false.


<?php
/*
----
getvar/postvar - When you just don't know what to expect!
----
Brian Tafoya
briantafoya.com
"Taking over the planet one open source script at a time!"
----
PURPOSE:
Simply to keep PHP from geeking out when an undefined POST, GET, or SESSION variable
is meet, always returning a defined variable. (In particular for use in form check boxes.)
----
USAGE:
getvar( mixed var [, int ])
postvar( mixed var [, int ])
sessionvar( mixed var [, int ])

include_once("get_post.php");

Expecting $_GET["somevar"], use instead getvar("somevar")
Expecting $_POST["somevar"], use instead postvar("somevar")
Expecting $_SESSION["somevar"], use instead sessionvar("somevar")

Example:

$sql = "INSERT INTO tbl_something
        SET some_column = " . postvar("checkbox_name",1) . ",
            some_other_column = '" . postvar("text_box_name") . "'";
           
The first argment is the variable name, the second tells the function to return an int (0)
on false.
           
*/

/*
Prevent undefined get variables
*/
function getvar($name,$isint="") {
    if(isset(
$_GET[$name])) {
        return
$_GET[$name];
    } else {
        if(
$isint) {
            return
0;
        } else {
            return
"";
        }
    }
}

/*
Prevent undefined post variables
*/
function postvar($name,$isint="") {
    if(isset(
$_POST[$name])) {
        return
$_POST[$name];
    } else {
        if(
$isint) {
            return
0;
        } else {
            return
"";
        }
    }
}

/*
Prevent undefined session variables
*/
function sessionvar($name,$isint="") {
    if(isset(
$_SESSION[$name])) {
        return
$_SESSION[$name];
    } else {
        if(
$isint) {
            return
0;
        } else {
            return
"";
        }
    }
}
?>



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