From 49eda1e154a3481ead99aa833ae314a8952ce7f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hypolite Petovan <mrpetovan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 14:50:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add defaults() function

---
 boot.php | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 199ca05551..a9d5ffdb88 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -572,6 +572,51 @@ function x($s, $k = null)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Return the provided variable value if it exists and is truthy or the provided
+ * default value instead.
+ *
+ * Works with initialized variables and potentially uninitialized array keys
+ *
+ * Usages:
+ * - defaults($var, $default)
+ * - defaults($array, 'key', $default)
+ *
+ * @brief Returns a defaut value if the provided variable or array key is falsy
+ * @see x()
+ * @return mixed
+ */
+function defaults() {
+	$args = func_get_args();
+
+	if (count($args) < 2) {
+		throw new BadFunctionCallException('defaults() requires at least 2 parameters');
+	}
+	if (count($args) > 3) {
+		throw new BadFunctionCallException('defaults() cannot use more than 3 parameters');
+	}
+	if (count($args) === 3 && !is_array($args[0])) {
+		throw new BadFunctionCallException('defaults($arr, $key, $def) requires an array as first parameter');
+	}
+	if (count($args) === 3 && is_null($args[1])) {
+		throw new BadFunctionCallException('defaults($arr, $key, $def) $key is null');
+	}
+
+	$default = array_pop($args);
+
+	if (call_user_func_array('x', $args)) {
+		if (count($args) === 1) {
+			$return = $args[0];
+		} else {
+			$return = $args[0][$args[1]];
+		}
+	} else {
+		$return = $default;
+	}
+
+	return $return;
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Returns the baseurl.
  *
-- 
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