Error check for $_GET

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Hi

I’m really new to PHP, so forgive my lack of proper terminology.

Basically, I have a php script that is creating a few variables using $_GET. But I was wondering if there is a way to create a default variable when the parameter isn’t in the URL to begin with.

For example if the url was something like: “ww.somewebsite.com/form.php?name=john&surname=smith”

And php script was something like this:

$name = $_GET['name'];
$surname = $_GET['surname'];

if ($_GET['company'] == DOESNT-EXIST){
  $company = "no company";
} else {
  $company = $_GET['company'];
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

Mark