May be you can try (string)$string or (int)$string (seemed a little strange). Any way Ross, we need to see ur code to determine your problem. Best regards, Shiqi Yang -----Original Message----- From: Philip Hallstrom [mailto:php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 12:15 AM To: Dan Rossi Cc: Ross; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 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 == and ===.... <?php $s = 0; if ($s == '') { print("==\n"); } if ($s === '') { print("===\n"); } ?> % php foo.php == % -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
