Re: Re: combine empty and trim

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On Mon, March 26, 2007 10:50 am, Richard Davey wrote:
> Tim wrote:
>
>> Ross schrieb:
>>> I want to trim any whitepace and check if it is empty in the same
>>> line this is not working.
>>>
>>> if (empty(trim($_POST['_createcategory']))) {
>> Hi,
>>
>> try this:
>>
>> if (isset($_POST['_createcategory']))
>> {
>>   $value = trim($_POST['_createcategory']);
>>   if (empty($value))
>>   {
>
> Be very careful with empty(). It doesn't do exactly what it says on
> the
> tin. For example if your _createcategory POST value contained a zero,
> the empty() check will fail in the above instance, giving a false
> result.

Unless you are using a different version of PHP where it did something
different...
http://php.net/empty

I have never figured out why people keep using empty() and why its
behaviour keeps changing around...
[shrug]

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