RE: [PHP] newbie's question

[Steve Keller]

Err... sorry. The logic was there but my fingers got a bit ahead of my brain. The check works, but if you want to just check if it's empty turn the conditional to a negative, like so:

if (!$testVar) {
etc.
}

That makes it "If NOT $testVar"



> I may be crazy, but wouldn't if ($variable) work just as well? If the string is empty it'll return a negatory on that check.
>
> Lemme double check that.
>
> $testVar = "";
> if ($testVar) {
> echo "Yes";
> }
> else {
> echo "No";
> }
>
> Yeah, ok. That ran just fine under 4.2.3.
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