Somebody else replied with isset($varname). Try that. The count() function is working as expected (see http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.count.php). So maybe it's not the best choice for trying to find out what you want.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Wolski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:53 PM > To: 'Hutchins, Richard'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] checking for empty array from a form field? > grrrrrrrrrrr! > > > Ok... well > > When I select the "select product" which has a option > value="" it tells > me the count is one (1). If I select an ACTUAL product it tells me > one(1) was select.. if I select two ACTUAL products it tells > me two (2) > products were selected. > > For SOME reason it doesn't seem to be recognizing that the option > value="" is empty! > > > Any more ideas?????? > > *sigh* > > Aaron > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hutchins, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: February 5, 2003 4:03 PM > To: 'Aaron Wolski'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] checking for empty array from a form field? > grrrrrrrrrrr! > > What about: > > count($arrayname) > > Should tell you how many items are in an array. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aaron Wolski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:04 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP-DB] checking for empty array from a form field? > > grrrrrrrrrrr! > > > > > > Argh !!!!!!!! > > > > > > HOW does one check for an array being empty from a form > > field?????????? > > > > Tried a billion different things and NOTHING works!!!! > > > > I've tried: > > > > if ($products == "\n") { > > > > echo "hello"; > > } > > > > else { > > > > echo "bye"; > > > > } > > > > > > if ($products == "") { > > > > echo "hello"; > > } > > > > else { > > > > echo "bye"; > > > > } > > > > > > > > if (empty($products)) { > > > > echo "hello"; > > } > > > > else { > > > > echo "bye"; > > > > } > > > > > > if (!isset($products)) { > > > > echo "hello"; > > } > > > > else { > > > > echo "bye"; > > > > } > > > > > > if (count($products) == 0) { > > > > echo "hello"; > > } > > > > else { > > > > echo "bye"; > > > > } > > > > > > NOTHING works!!! > > > > Any help.. puuulease? > > > > Aaron > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
