On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 13:20:59 -0700, CC Zona wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Perevodchik) wrote:
>
>> JD> isset checks to see if the $a variable has
>> JD> been set, ie, if it exists. if($a) checks for
>> JD> the truthood of $a, meaning, if it has a
>> JD> non-zero, non-null/empty-string value, then
>> JD> its true, else, false.
>>
>> ... and if it's not set at all it returns a
>> warning unless you use "@" :(
>
>Or change the error_reporting level, or turn off display_errors
>(okay,
>technically the warning is still happening in the latter case, but
>IIRC
>that's also true of @--both simply suppress the *reporting* of the
>report
>rather than the *occurance* of the error).
>
>This is why it's best to do multiple checks and choose them
>carefully. Ex:
>
>if(isset($) and !empty($a) and !$a)
this is the same as if(!empty($a))
>or
>
>if(isset($) and $a===FALSE)
this is the same as if(empty($a))
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