>From the docs for empty():
"Note that this is meaningless when used on anything which isn't a
variable; i.e. empty (addslashes ($name)) has
no meaning since it would be checking whether something which isn't a variable is a
variable with a FALSE value. "
Regards,
Andrey Hristov
----- Original Message -----
From: "Holger Schopohl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:15 AM
Subject: [PHP-DEV] if (empty(trim('x'))) == parse error?
> Hi,
>
> why php results a parse error on this expression?
>
> if (empty(trim('x'))) echo "Hello";
>
> the statement works fine:
> $x=trim('x');
> if (empty($x)) echo "Hello";
>
> it is not really logically.
>
> Regards,
>
> Holger
>
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