Uh.... isset will work in this particular instance because $_POST is an array whose values are of one type and one type only: STRINGS. Yes, it is true that: $myArray['a'] = NULL; isSet($myArray['a']); //Will return FALSE. However, because $_POST contains STRINGS AND STRINGS ONLY, isSet works: $myArray['a'] = ''; $myArray['b'] = "NULL"; isSet($myArray['a']); //Will return TRUE isSet($myArray['b']); //Will return TRUE isSet($myArray['c']); //Will return FALSE $_POST will *NOT* contain a value of NULL type. It's not possible. It's unheard of. It's heresey. On a side not, before parsing my arrays in code I always go through and remove null values because they foul up iteration. The point is you will not have NULL in this situation, nor will you ever care about NULL values in an array. On 11/8/05, Ben Ramsey <ramsey@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/8/05 11:52 PM, Ben Ramsey wrote: > > I know this is off-topic for this thread, but just as I see isset() > > misused (as in this case), I often see empty() misused. For example, > > when using empty(), the following all return TRUE: > > On second thought, "misused" is the wrong word. I mean "misunderstood." > > -- > Ben Ramsey > http://benramsey.com/ > > -- > 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
