RE: [PHP] alternative to empty

2005-07-07 Thread yanghshiqi
Rossi Cc: Ross; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] alternative to empty I have been using empty in forms for some time now. but have just discovered that PHP 4 As of PHP 4, The string value 0 is considered empty. If ($string == '') ?? Careful... notice the differenec b/n

Re: [PHP] alternative to empty

2005-07-07 Thread xfedex
Hi, On 7/6/05, Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been using empty in forms for some time now. but have just discovered that PHP 4 As of PHP 4, The string value 0 is considered empty. Is there an alternative that will just check for empty strings. I suppose I could just use

[PHP] alternative to empty

2005-07-06 Thread Ross
I have been using empty in forms for some time now. but have just discovered that PHP 4 As of PHP 4, The string value 0 is considered empty. Is there an alternative that will just check for empty strings. I suppose I could just use eregi and check for numbers but thought there may be

Re: [PHP] alternative to empty

2005-07-06 Thread Dan Rossi
On 06/07/2005, at 7:55 PM, Ross wrote: I have been using empty in forms for some time now. but have just discovered that PHP 4 As of PHP 4, The string value 0 is considered empty. If ($string == '') ?? or if (isset($string)) ?? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)

Re: [PHP] alternative to empty

2005-07-06 Thread André Medeiros
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 10:55 +0100, Ross wrote: I have been using empty in forms for some time now. but have just discovered that PHP 4 As of PHP 4, The string value 0 is considered empty. Is there an alternative that will just check for empty strings. I suppose I could just

Re: [PHP] alternative to empty

2005-07-06 Thread Angelo Zanetti
what about checking that the length is 0 but i think the other suggestions are fine. André Medeiros wrote: On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 10:55 +0100, Ross wrote: I have been using empty in forms for some time now. but have just discovered that PHP 4 As of PHP 4, The string value 0 is

Re: [PHP] alternative to empty

2005-07-06 Thread André Medeiros
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 20:23 +1000, Dan Rossi wrote: On 06/07/2005, at 7:55 PM, Ross wrote: I have been using empty in forms for some time now. but have just discovered that PHP 4 As of PHP 4, The string value 0 is considered empty. If ($string == '') ?? or if

Re: [PHP] alternative to empty

2005-07-06 Thread André Medeiros
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 13:20 +0200, Angelo Zanetti wrote: what about checking that the length is 0 Checking if length 0 requires calling a function, wich takes longer (it's a ridiculous difference, but still...) but i think the other suggestions are fine. André Medeiros wrote: On Wed,

Re: [PHP] alternative to empty

2005-07-06 Thread Dan Rossi
On 06/07/2005, at 10:47 PM, André Medeiros wrote: If ($string == '') ?? or if (isset($string)) ?? $string may be defined and still be empty ;) Hence my first example :P -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] alternative to empty

2005-07-06 Thread Philip Hallstrom
I have been using empty in forms for some time now. but have just discovered that PHP 4 As of PHP 4, The string value 0 is considered empty. If ($string == '') ?? Careful... notice the differenec b/n == and === ?php $s = 0; if ($s == '') { print(==\n); } if ($s ===