Is there a null-conditional operator in PHP?

Question

I want to get the value of a deeply nested property.

e.g.

$data->person->name->last_name;

The problem is I am not sure if person or name is declared. I also don't want to use nested if statements. If statements won't look good for deeply nested properties.

Is there a null-conditional operator in PHP?

Solved

There is no need for a null-conditional operator since a null-coalescence operator does the job.

Answer 1

php7 Null coalescing operator doc

$user = $data->person->name->last_name ?? 'no name';

php 5.*

$user = !empty($data->person->name->last_name) ? $data->person->name->last_name :'no name';