Don't know about a correct way but you can use if(empty($variable))
Robbert van Andel
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From: Frank Wang [mailto:wang960;yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 7:10 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] newbie's question
Hi,
what is the correct way of testing
At 11/15/2002 06:09 PM, you wrote:
Don't know about a correct way but you can use if(empty($variable))
I may be crazy, but wouldn't if ($variable) work just as well? If the
string is empty it'll return a negatory on that check.
Lemme double check that.
$testVar = ;
if ($testVar) {
echo
Err... sorry. The logic was there but my fingers got a bit ahead of my
brain. The check works, but if you want to just check if it's empty turn
the conditional to a negative, like so:
if (!$testVar) {
etc.
}
That makes it If NOT $testVar
I may be crazy, but wouldn't if ($variable) work
Yes it would. I like to make things complicated :)
Robbert van Andel
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From: Steve Keller [mailto:skeller;healthtvchannel.org]
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 5:11 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] newbie's question
Err... sorry. The logic was there but my
Hi,
That looks good to me, thanks.
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Err... sorry. The logic was there but my fingers got a bit ahead of my
brain. The check works, but if you want to just check if it's empty turn
the conditional to a
If you check the source of your code you'll see that in source the text
is in two lines.
\n doesn't work as br, so this is about how HTML works, not plain
text.
Niklas
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From: KK Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 22. heinäkuuta 2002 14:01
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello KK,
Monday, July 22, 2002, 9:00:47 PM, you wrote:
KL Dear ALL,
KL It seems that i have a very silly problem.
KL I can't get the new line escape character to work.
KL the following is my SIMPLE script and corresponding output.
KL PHP script:
KL !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC
KL-//W3C//DTD
nl2br()
KK Lee wrote:
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Dear ALL,
It seems that i
I often use: br\n
That way I get a new line in a browser and plain text as well.
KK Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear ALL,
It seems that i have a very silly problem.
I can't get the new line escape character to work.
the following is my SIMPLE script and corresponding output.
PHP
Think of it this way: br creates a line break in HTML Output, \n creates a line
break in HTML Code.
echo I really\n like\n PHP!;
HTML Code:
I really
like
PHP!
HTML Output:
I really like PHP!
HTH
It seems that i have a very silly problem.
I can't get the new line escape character to
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