How about... if (!$x){ echo "x is empty"; } Regards, Rodolfo Andradee ----- Original Message ----- From: Stut To: William Stokes Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: Re: test variable value? William Stokes wrote: >Hello > >What is the best way to determine if a variable has no value? > >if ($var== '') > >or > >if ($var== 'null') > > >Can 'null' be used here? > > Depends what you mean by no value. I suggest you read http://php.net/is_null, http://php.net/empty and http://php.net/isset. -Stut -- 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