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26 changes: 7 additions & 19 deletions components/options_resolver.rst
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Expand Up @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Imagine you have a ``Mailer`` class which has four options: ``host``,
}
}

When accessing the ``$options``, you need to add a lot of boilerplate code to
When accessing the ``$options``, you need to add some boilerplate code to
check which options are set::

class Mailer
Expand All @@ -46,29 +46,17 @@ check which options are set::
{
$mail = ...;

$mail->setHost(isset($this->options['host'])
? $this->options['host']
: 'smtp.example.org');

$mail->setUsername(isset($this->options['username'])
? $this->options['username']
: 'user');

$mail->setPassword(isset($this->options['password'])
? $this->options['password']
: 'pa$$word');

$mail->setPort(isset($this->options['port'])
? $this->options['port']
: 25);
$mail->setHost($this->options['host'] ?? 'smtp.example.org');
$mail->setUsername($this->options['username'] ?? 'user');
$mail->setPassword($this->options['password'] ?? 'pa$$word');
$mail->setPort($this->options['port'] ?? 25);

// ...
}
}

This boilerplate is hard to read and repetitive. Also, the default values of the
options are buried in the business logic of your code. Use the
:phpfunction:`array_replace` to fix that::
Also, the default values of the options are buried in the business logic of your
code. Use the :phpfunction:`array_replace` to fix that::

class Mailer
{
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