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delayedinsanity · 03-15-2010, 10:46 PM

php Code:

$l = array( 'one' => 'value for one', 'two' => 'value for two' );

// These both assign 'value for one' to $value
$value = $l['one'];
$value = l( 'one' );

It's just an overcomplicated method to return a value of $l based on its key. It's also a waste of resources, considering it has to first retrieve $l from the global namespace, and then just pipes back a value that you could have easily gotten on your own (as illustrated above). It doesn't perform any error checking to see if the value exists and return a default if it doesn't, which is the only reason I could see it being useful.

03-15-2010, 10:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
delayedinsanity is cute and cuddly Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Vegas, Baby Posts: 963 Thanks: 31	php Code: $l = array( 'one' => 'value for one', 'two' => 'value for two' ); // These both assign 'value for one' to $value $value = $l['one']; $value = l( 'one' ); It's just an overcomplicated method to return a value of $l based on its key. It's also a waste of resources, considering it has to first retrieve $l from the global namespace, and then just pipes back a value that you could have easily gotten on your own (as illustrated above). It doesn't perform any error checking to see if the value exists and return a default if it doesn't, which is the only reason I could see it being useful.