Bug #18274: cannot use if( empty( $object->method() ) )

From: dennis@moellegaard.dk Operating system: Debian PHP version: 4.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: cannot use if( empty( $object->method() ) ) The following source returns "Parse error: parse error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ')' in [...]/bug.php on line 24". <?php class MyClass { function myFunction($arg) { return $arg; } } $c = new MyClass; // works $v = $c->myFunction('foo'); if( empty( $v ) ) print "test-1: empty"; else print "test-1: not empty"; // don't work if( empty( $c->myFunction('foo') ) ) // this is the problem print "test-2: empty"; else print "test-2: not empty"; ?> empty() can be replaced with same result with isset(). The -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18274&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18274&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18274&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18274&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18274&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18274&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18274&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18274&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18274&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18274&r=globals