On 4/17/06, Lukas Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Derick Rethans wrote: > > On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> The following is a direct excerpt from the PHP manual on empty, and isset: > >> bool *empty* ( mixed var ) > >> bool *isset* ( mixed var [, mixed var [, ...]] ) > >> Is there a reason empty does not allow multiple variables at a time, as > >> isset? Was there thought behind it, or is it just an inconsistency? > > > > There is a thought about it, and that is that we could not decide > > whether it should be an AND or an OR test between the different > > parameters. > > well it seems to be AND for isset() .. which is probably its closest > "sibiling" .. so the obvious call when going for consistency would be to > AND in empty() as well ..
Indeed, especially as everyone will tell you that isset and empty are equivalent. --Pierre -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
