or-else

This package adds an orElse-trait to your project.

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Install

You can install the package via composer:

$ composer require spatie/or-else

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Usage

When implementing the OrElse-trait to a class, all methods of the class will have a OrElse-variant. That variant has an extra parameter that will be returned if the original function returns null or false.

Consider this simple class that implements the orElse-trait.

use Spatie\OrElse\OrElse;

class TestClass {

    use OrElse;

    /**
     * This function will return the given argument.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function willReturn($value)
    {
       return $value;
    }
  
}

The trait dynamically adds a willReturnOrElse-method.

$testClass = new TestClass;
$testClass->willReturn('value'); // returns 'value';
$testClass->willReturnOrElse('value', 'otherValue'); // returns 'value';
$testClass->willReturnOrElse(null, 'otherValue'); // returns 'otherValue';
$testClass->willReturnOrElse(false, 'otherValue'); // returns 'otherValue';
$testClass->willReturnOrElse(false, function() { return 'closureValue'; }); // returns 'closureValue';

Change log

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you've found a bug regarding security please mail security@spatie.be instead of using the issue tracker.

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