Re: [PHP] testing if var is empty

2001-07-21 Thread Dave Freeman
On 21 Jul 01, at 12:07, Justin French wrote: I'm a semi-newbie, and if I want to check if a variable is set, or contains something, i've been doing it like this: if($var != ) { ... } if ($var) { // $var has been set } else { // $var has not been set } will do what you

Re: [PHP] testing if var is empty

2001-07-21 Thread Saquib Farooq
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Dave Freeman wrote: On 21 Jul 01, at 12:07, Justin French wrote: I'm a semi-newbie, and if I want to check if a variable is set, or contains something, i've been doing it like this: if($var != ) { ... } if ($var) { // $var has been set } else {

Re: [PHP] testing if var is empty

2001-07-21 Thread Stefan Rusterholz
56 W3 www.interaktion.ch -- - Original Message - From: Saquib Farooq [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dave Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: php [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] testing if var is empty On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Dave

Re: [PHP] testing if var is empty

2001-07-21 Thread Dave Freeman
On 21 Jul 01, at 14:50, Saquib Farooq wrote: if ($var) { // $var has been set } else { // $var has not been set } what if the var is set to zero i.e. false. the control will go in the else part if it is not zero ( not false) it will go in the if control. Just did a

[PHP] testing if var is empty

2001-07-20 Thread Justin French
Hi, I'm a semi-newbie, and if I want to check if a variable is set, or contains something, i've been doing it like this: if($var != ) { ... } I'm sure there is a better/safer/smarter/faster/more reliable way? Justin French -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe,

Re: [PHP] testing if var is empty

2001-07-20 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
http://php.net/empty On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Justin French wrote: Hi, I'm a semi-newbie, and if I want to check if a variable is set, or contains something, i've been doing it like this: if($var != ) { ... } I'm sure there is a better/safer/smarter/faster/more reliable way? Justin