Question about || in PHP

[The Bat]

Hello,

 

I find myself using quite a bit of (example):

 

function say_greeting($greeting = null) {
   $greeting = ($greeting) ? $greeting : 'Hello!'
   echo $greeting;
}

 

in my code (return $greeting if set, otherwise return 'Hello!'), and it's certainly not very DRY. In Ruby, a simple:

 

def say_greeting(greeting = nil)
   print greeting || 'Hello!'
end

 

does the trick. I'm wondering if I can do something similar in PHP instead of what I am doing? Thanks!

[trq]

The ternary operator is as close as your going to get in php I'm afraid.