RE: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-07 Thread Ford, Mike [LSS]
> -Original Message- > From: Sunfire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 February 2003 21:27 > > actually so does empty end up testing true on an empty var... > thats because > empty thinks "" or string(0) is actually a string just > blank... a trick to > do with empty is use !empty wh

Re: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-06 Thread Sunfire
any reason for that? cuz im confused as to why you have to use !empty instead of empty - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] empty and isset > > Actually, I believe it's not a

Re: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-06 Thread Sunfire
n all the //vars tested is > than string(0)"" }else{ //do whatever if string()".." is anything else } - Original Message - From: "Bryan Lipscy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:20 AM Subject: RE:

Re: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-06 Thread Jason Wong
On Friday 07 February 2003 01:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for clearing that up. Hmm, it seems like you still haven't grasped it yet :) > So input of type text does a set, which makes > isset() true, Correct. > but isset() does not return true if $var is merely empty. Incorrect. Basi

Re: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-06 Thread Mike . Kent
: Subject: Re: [PHP] empty and isset 02/06/2003 11:28 AM

Re: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-06 Thread John Nichel
It's fairly easy. isset returns true if the VARIABLE itself exists, like if it's been declared, or set by a form. isset isn't checking the VALUE of the VARIABLE, just if it exists. In Jason's example below, isset returns false because the VARIABLE was never declared in some way, shape or for

Re: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-06 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 06 February 2003 22:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > of type text are set regardless of whether you have entered > > anything. > > Thus isset() returns true. > Actually, I believe it's not a matter of the input being set, but the fact > that isset() returns true on an empty variable.

Re: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-06 Thread Mike . Kent
[PHP] empty and isset 02/06/2003 12:31

RE: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-05 Thread Bryan Lipscy
Belay that one. I figured it out. My err. I will shut up and go back to lurk mode. So sorry, please don't flog me. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-05 Thread John W. Holmes
> Env: Slackware 8.1, Apache 1.3.27, PHP 4.3.0 > Bugs: None found for these issues. > > I am running to this same problem. The isset() function appears to have > problems with the empty text value. The empty() function sees the value > of $_POST['q1'] as expected. > > So why is both isset() and

Re: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-05 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 06 February 2003 13:20, Bryan Lipscy wrote: > Env: Slackware 8.1, Apache 1.3.27, PHP 4.3.0 > Bugs: None found for these issues. > > I am running to this same problem. The isset() function appears to have > problems with the empty text value. The empty() function sees the value > of $_

Re: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-05 Thread Sunfire
t; To: "'Sunfire'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:08 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] empty and isset > If(!empty($member['Areacode2']) || > !empty($member['Exchange2']) || !empty($member['Number2&#

RE: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-05 Thread Bryan Lipscy
Env: Slackware 8.1, Apache 1.3.27, PHP 4.3.0 Bugs: None found for these issues. I am running to this same problem. The isset() function appears to have problems with the empty text value. The empty() function sees the value of $_POST['q1'] as expected. So why is both isset() and empty() retur

RE: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-05 Thread John W. Holmes
> From: Sunfire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] empty and isset > > ok i dont know if this will help at all since the code that doesnt work > wont > fit in the message (got error saying i cant

Re: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-05 Thread Sunfire
ions{ //print the vars in the list } - Original Message - From: "John W. Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Sunfire'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:57 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] empty and isset

RE: [PHP] empty and isset

2003-02-05 Thread John W. Holmes
They both work, you're just not using the correct logic or something. Show your code again... your actual code that isn't working (so you say) and the form that's being submitted. Also, is register_globals on or off? Load this small bit of code as proof that it works: ---John W. Holmes...