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Hot Bricks Employee
Hot Bricks Employee
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Posted by Hot Bricks Employee
Hot Bricks Employee
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_GET status set and Get Status = thanks Clarification

Can someone explain why we need to test if _GET status is set (isset($_GET["status"])) along with testing the status of _GET status ($_GET["status"] == "thanks"). Why cant we just test latter in this case?

Thanks in advance

-Austin

2 Answers

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
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Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
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Hi Austin,

We do this as PHP will throw an error if status isn't set as a key which the isset function checks for along with ensuring that the value isn't empty.

Hope that helps.

Hot Bricks Employee
Hot Bricks Employee
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Hot Bricks Employee
Hot Bricks Employee
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@Chris Upjohn -- Ok, great. Thanks for your response. Cheers!