Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43936&edit=1

 ID:                 43936
 Comment by:         thomas at sibben dot nl
 Reported by:        james dot laver at gmail dot com
 Summary:            __empty() magic method
 Status:             Open
 Type:               Feature/Change Request
 Package:            Class/Object related
 Operating System:   GNU/Linux
 PHP Version:        5.2.5
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

reproducable with:

class Test {
        private $test;
 
        function __construct($test)
        {
                $this->test = $test;
        }
 
        public function __get($key)
        {
                return $this->$key;
        }
 
        public function getTest()
        {
                return $this->test;
        }
}
 
$test = new Test('test');
 
if (!empty($test->test)) {
        echo $test->test;
} else {
        echo 'empty';
}
 
echo '<br />';
echo $test->test;
echo '<br />';
echo $test->getTest();


Previous Comments:
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[2012-07-20 13:44:41] thomas at sibben dot nl

The documentation states:

"empty() only checks variables as anything else will result in a parse error"

if 'everything else' is a __get() returning an array with a value in it, it 
returns TRUE,

Ubuntu 10.04 PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.17

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[2011-08-24 00:40:26] chrisstocktonaz at gmail dot com

I made the start of a patch for this, but there is some issues that would need 
to 
be worked out with has_property calls, it seems oddly interfaced with by the 
various callers.

http://pastebin.com/d5gQycDB

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[2010-10-23 16:08:03] ka...@php.net

Fixed the overloading property vs language construct issue in the documentation.

This feature request is still valid, so moving it to be one instead of a 
documentation issue

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[2010-10-23 16:06:52] ka...@php.net

Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of kalle
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=304662
Log: Added a remark about overloaded properties and language constructs (Bug 
#43936)

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[2010-06-30 13:02:14] paj...@php.net

Let document the __isset requirements better, when one relies on empty.

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