RE: isset question

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On 18 June 2009 20:25, LAMP advised:

> using !empty() instead isset() will work if you don't care for PHP
> Notice: Undefined variable... If you want to avoid PHP Notice
> you have
> to use both:
> 
> $msg.=  (isset($_POST['mort']) and !empty($_POST['mort'])) ? "The
> mortgage amount is  $mort\n" : " ";

Absolute rubbish -- as it says at http://php.net/empty, "empty($var) is
the opposite of (boolean)$var, except that no warning is generated when
the variable is not set." -- so "protecting" empty() with an isset() is
a total waste of time, space and cpu cycles.

Cheers!

Mike

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Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS,  LS1 3HE,  United Kingdom
Email: m.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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