Re: empty() and method return values

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On 7 June 2010 21:52, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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()
>

Empty only works on variables, not return values from functions.

If you're checking the return value from a function, just do if
($class->method()). The return value will be cast to bool - look here
for the conversions:
http://dk2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php

Regards
Peter

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