From: Operating system: Windows 7 PHP version: 5.3.6 Package: Compile Warning Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Return value fails to be used in empty
Description: ------------ I have built an MVC (lightweight MVC) now in this is static class ("cleanData") with method for (POST, GET, URL) and use addSlashes on them, the problem is when i use the return data in the empty function ("Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context") Test script: --------------- class cleanData{ public static function GET($key){ return addslashes($_GET[$key]); } } if(empty(cleanData::GET("test"))){ echo "empty"; }else{ echo cleanData::GET("test"); } Expected result: ---------------- if loaded with ?test=1 i should see 1 on output, if loaded with ?test=, or without test in url i should see empty Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54993&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54993&r=mysqlcfg