From: james dot laver at gmail dot com Operating system: GNU/Linux PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: __empty() magic method
Description: ------------ Using empty() on a variable that would be pulled from __get does not work, this has been established as 'not a bug' by more bug reports than anyone cares to remember, however, the documentation's suggestion of using __isset is not adequate if you wish to implement both isset and empty functionality. Thus I propose an __empty() magic method which would overload empty() in the way that __isset() overrides isset(). Reproduce code: --------------- public function __empty($value) { return empty($this->_values[$value]); } Expected result: ---------------- empty($object->my_empty_value) = true Actual result: -------------- ..... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43936&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43936&r=mysqlcfg