{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/strongloop/express/issues/2597","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/strongloop/express/issues/2597/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/strongloop/express/issues/2597/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/strongloop/express/issues/2597/events","html_url":"https://github.com/strongloop/express/issues/2597","id":62506566,"number":2597,"title":"Add isset() to express?","user":{"login":"smithb1994","id":4524249,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4524249?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994","html_url":"https://github.com/smithb1994","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":9,"created_at":"2015-03-17T20:12:26Z","updated_at":"2015-03-17T20:56:39Z","closed_at":"2015-03-17T20:33:27Z","body":"In PHP you can do   \r\n`if( isset($var) ) { ... }`\r\n  \r\nIn JavaScript you often use \r\n`if( typeof var != 'undefined' ) { ... }`\r\nfor similar functionality.  \r\n  \r\nIt would be great to have this functionality built into express by default, to clean up the code a little bit.   \r\n\r\nWhat do you guys think?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/strongloop/express/issues/comments/82597264","html_url":"https://github.com/strongloop/express/issues/2597#issuecomment-82597264","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/strongloop/express/issues/2597","id":82597264,"user":{"login":"smithb1994","id":4524249,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4524249?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994","html_url":"https://github.com/smithb1994","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smithb1994/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-17T20:56:39Z","updated_at":"2015-03-17T20:56:39Z","body":"@ChiperSoft  Lodash is perfect! Thanks!"}}