Re: Count empty array

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On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 13:31 -0800, Kevin Murphy wrote:
> I'm wondering why this is.
> 
> $data = "";
> $array = explode(",",$data);
> $count = count($array);
> $count will = 1
> 
> $data = "Test";
> $array = explode(",",$data);
> $count = count($array);
> $count will = 1
> 
> $data = "Test,Test";
> $array = explode(",",$data);
> $count = count($array);
> $count will = 2
> 
> Why doesn't the first one give me an answer of 0 instead of 1.

For the same reason the second one gives you a count of one. There are
no commas and so only one item exists. Whether that be an string with
content or the empty string itself is irrelevant.

Cheers,
Rob.
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