PHP Quick Scripting Reference

CHAPTER 20

Variable Testing

PHP has a number of built-in constructs that can be used to test the value of a variable. All these functions return a bool value.

Isset

The isset language construct returns true if the variable has been assigned a value other than null.

isset($a); // false $a = 10;isset($a); // true $a = null;isset($a); // false

Empty

The empty construct checks whether the specified variable has an empty value – such as null, 0, false or an empty string – and returns true if that is the case. It also returns true if the variable does not exist.

empty($b); // true $b = false;empty($b); // true

Is_null

The is_null construct can ...