[RESOLVED] PHP version of "undefined || literal"

[jamesbcox1980]

In JavaScript, when I'm not sure if a variable is defined, I can say

alert(myVar || "Something else")

If the variable is undefined, it will obviously return "Something else".

In PHP, I have been using isset() and the ternary operator (?

echo isset($myVar) ? myVar : 'Something else'; 

This seems kind of redundant, and I was hoping there was something similar in PHP.