"Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1275940320.2248.40.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx > On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 22:40 +0300, Tanel Tammik wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> empty() cannot check the return value of the method or function. which >> would >> be the best workaround? >> >> empty($class->method()) // gets an error >> >> i could do >> >> $method_return_value = $class->method() and then run empty() on >> $method_return_value or is there an better option? i would like to do it >> in >> if statement.... >> >> i wrote an class for handling file uploads and there is an method >> getErrors() which returns empty array in case of 0 errors and i need to >> check it before i move any files. i'm just curious, what is the right way >> to >> do that! >> >> Br >> Tanel >> >> >> > > > Are you sure this is what is giving you the error, as people are using > this fine in their examples on the manual page for empty() > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > from the php manual: Note: empty() only checks variables as anything else will result in a parse error. In other words, the following will not work: empty(trim($name)). Br Tanel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
