[thelist] undefined php variable

[Simon Willison]

Hi Tom,

Thursday, July 31, 2003, 2:16:54 AM, you wrote:
> I'm doing this:
> $aDate = $_POST['postdate'];

> and getting this:

> Notice: Undefined index: postdate in..

I always use the following idiom to avoid warnings like that:

$aDate = isset($_POST['postdate']) ? $_POST['postdate'] : false;

That sets $aDate to the data from $_POST['postdata'] if it has been
sent, and otherwise sets it to false.

Cheers,

Simon Wilison
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