Re: [PHP] Re: isset($a->b) even if $a->b = null

2007-08-17 Thread Borokov Smith
Maybe if you tell us exactly what you wish to achieve. Class variables that are not created at object creation is bad design. Olav Mørkrid schreef: yes, but that assumes you have a defined class. if $a comes from mysql_fetch_object() for instance you have just a stdobject, and this method will p

Re: [PHP] Re: isset($a->b) even if $a->b = null

2007-08-17 Thread Olav Mørkrid
yes, but that assumes you have a defined class. if $a comes from mysql_fetch_object() for instance you have just a stdobject, and this method will produce an error. On 17/08/07, Michael Preslar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Found something. > > For class variables.. > > http://us.php.net/manual/en/

Re: [PHP] Re: isset($a->b) even if $a->b = null

2007-08-17 Thread Michael Preslar
Found something. For class variables.. http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.property-exists.php class a { var $b; } if (property_exists('a','b')) { print "yes\n"; } On 8/17/07, Olav Mørkrid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the test i need should give the following results: > > - FALSE when $a

Re: [PHP] Re: isset($a->b) even if $a->b = null

2007-08-17 Thread Olav Mørkrid
the solution has been found. array_key_exists() can actually be used on objects, and yields the correct result. http://no.php.net/array_key_exists thanks to dordea cosmin for pointing this out. On 17/08/07, Olav Mørkrid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the test i need should give the following resul

Re: [PHP] Re: isset($a->b) even if $a->b = null

2007-08-17 Thread Olav Mørkrid
the test i need should give the following results: - FALSE when $a->b does not exist at all - TRUE when $a->b = null - TRUE when $a->b = empty() gives true for both $a->b = null and not setting any value, so that's no good. borokovs suggestion seems to miss the purpose. anyone else? On 17/08/

[PHP] Re: isset($a->b) even if $a->b = null

2007-08-17 Thread Colin Guthrie
Olav Mørkrid wrote: > how do i test if a property of a stdclass object is set, even if its > value is null, similar to how array_key_exists() works for arrays. > > the following method fails: > > $a->b = null; > if(isset($a->b)) > echo "yes"; > > and property_exists() seems only to work