RE: Type of form element

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-----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Shiflett [mailto:shiflett@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 31 October 2005 17:19
> To: Marcus Bointon
> 
> Marcus Bointon wrote:
> > The thing I was wrong on is that PHP converts unset parameters (as 
> > opposed to nonexistent ones which it obviously can't do anything
> > about) to an empty string, e.g. given ?a=&b=1, $_REQUEST ['a'] is
"", 
> > not NULL.
> 
> That's right, except we seem to have a vocabulary discrepancy:
> 
> 1. To me, "unset" and "not set" are not the same thing (sort of like
how 
> "untie" and "not tied" are also not the same).

Well, yes, except that "unset" and "not set" also *ARE* the same thing,
sort of like how "untied" and "not tied" are also the same thing!
(Since untied is the past participle of untie -- but unset is the past
participle of unset, hence the ambiguity!)
Cheers!

Mike
 
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