How can the issue of undefined variables be resolved in PHP when using forms?

Issue: When submitting a form in PHP, if a form field is left empty, the corresponding variable may be undefined, causing errors in the code. To resolve this, we can use the isset() function to check if the variable is set before using it, and provide a default value if it is not set. 

```php
// Check if the form field is set, if not, assign a default value
$name = isset($_POST['name']) ? $_POST['name'] : "";
$email = isset($_POST['email']) ? $_POST['email'] : "";
```
In this code snippet, we use the ternary operator to check if the form field is set using isset(). If it is set, we assign the value to the variable; otherwise, we assign an empty string as the default value. This prevents undefined variable errors when accessing these variables later in the code.

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