PHP: Check if variable exist but also if has a value equal to something

Question

I have (or not) a variable $_GET[\'myvar\'] coming from my query string and I want to check if this variable exists and also if the value corresponds to somethi

Answer 1

<?php

function myset(&$var,$value=false){
    if(isset($var)):
        return $var == $value ? $value : false;
    endif;
    return false;
}

$array['key'] = 'foo';

var_dump(myset($array['key'],'bar')); //bool(false)

var_dump(myset($array['key'],'foo'));//string(3) "foo"

var_dump(myset($array['baz'],'bar'));//bool(false)