[Fwd: Re: [PHP] Checking for Null Variables]

2003-03-07 Thread James Holden
quick way: if (!$field["name"]){ } else {} elegant ways (there will be many): if (empty($field["name"])){ // null or 0 } else {} if (is_null($field["name"])){ // null } else {} is_scalar() // string is_integer() // integer is_float() // float etc etc etc Christopher J. Crane wrote: How do I

Re: [PHP] Checking for Null Variables

2003-03-07 Thread Florin Dumitrescu
Check out http://php.net/empty HTH, Florin. On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:24:29 -0500 "Christopher J. Crane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I check if a variable is blank or not. I am returning data from > a MySQL database and if a field is empty I would like to do something > different. > > I tr

[PHP] Checking for Null Variables

2003-03-07 Thread Christopher J. Crane
How do I check if a variable is blank or not. I am returning data from a MySQL database and if a field is empty I would like to do something different. I tried if($field["Name"] == "") { do this } else { do this } It does not work right. Actually, at one point, it was working in the exact opposit