ID: 16046 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: linux PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment:
Well, I did RTFM, quite a bit in fact. The result of the function call *is* a "plain variable", no? If not, your telling me that (from my example) $foo->getStr() is not equal to the plain string "foo"? It's just a string coming back from the call, and that should be accepted into empty() just as if I'd typed a string in there to begin with. Seems like the evaluation order is screwed up to me. In any case, if this function is "working as intended", a better FM might be in order in this case. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-03-13 15:53:21] [EMAIL PROTECTED] RTFM: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.empty.php empty() only works with plain variables. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-03-13 15:30:41] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /* See the script below. Passing a value returned from an object function call to isset() and empty() results in a parsing error. strlen() and other functions don't have this problem. The code example below tests empty(). You may substitute isset() as well and get the same parse error. This bug exists on both Apache 1.3.9/PHP 4.1.1 and Apache 1.3.23/PHP 4.1.2 */ //first, declare a simple class with 1 function class Foo { function getStr() { return "foo"; } } //now make an object of that class $foo = new Foo(); /* * now let's test empty() with just the string * this should evaluate false, and result in "not empty" * being printed */ $fooStr = $foo->getStr(); if ( empty($foostr) ) { echo "empty!"; } else { echo "not empty!"; } /* * now test it using the object function call. This is the * functional equivalent of the previous test, and should * result in the same result. However it results in: * "Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' " * If you comment out this block, this script parses and * executes successfully. */ if ( empty($foo->getStr()) ) { echo "empty!"; } else { echo "not empty!"; } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16046&edit=1
