PHP burntCheck()

burntCheck.php

function burntCheck(&$valueToCheck, $default = null)
{
	if (!empty($valueToCheck)) {
		return $valueToCheck;
	}
	else {
		return $default;
	}
}

Example.md

Instead of doing:

$name = !empty($json['name']) ? $json['name'] : null;

just do:

$name = burntCheck($json['name']);

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And instead of:

$name = !empty($json['name']) ? $json['name'] : 'Unknown;

do:

$name = burntCheck($json['name'], 'Unknown');