Re: [PHP] Newbie question about good coding practice [isset]

2004-06-06 Thread Justin Patrin
Curt Zirzow wrote: * Thus wrote K.Bogac Bokeer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): When $var is 0? ? $var = 0; or $var = ''; $var = array(); $var = false; // Output: $var: $var not exists if ( $var ) echo '$var: $var existsbr'; else Curt or null -- paperCrane Justin Patrin -- PHP General Mailing

[PHP] Newbie question about good coding practice [isset]

2004-06-05 Thread Al
if($var) do something; verses if(isset($var)) do something; The simple form if($var) seems to work fine and I see it in code often. Is there a good reason for using isset? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Newbie question about good coding practice [isset]

2004-06-05 Thread Larry E . Ullman
if($var) do something; verses if(isset($var)) do something; The simple form if($var) seems to work fine and I see it in code often. Is there a good reason for using isset? Yes, if you don't use isset(), you may see notices (errors) if the variable is not set. This depends upon the error reporting

Re: [PHP] Newbie question about good coding practice [isset]

2004-06-05 Thread K.Bogac Bokeer
When $var is 0? ? $var = 0; // Output: $var: $var not exists if ( $var ) echo '$var: $var existsbr'; else echo '$var: $var not existsbr'; // Output: isset(): var exists if ( isset($var) ) echo 'isset(): $var existsbr'; else echo 'isset(): $var not existsbr'; ? Larry E

Re: [PHP] Newbie question about good coding practice [isset]

2004-06-05 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote K.Bogac Bokeer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): When $var is 0? ? $var = 0; or $var = ''; $var = array(); $var = false; // Output: $var: $var not exists if ( $var ) echo '$var: $var existsbr'; else Curt -- I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so