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

ID: 18274 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: dennis@moellegaard.dk Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Debian PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: Please read http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.empty.php too, which says: Note that this is meaningless when used on anything which isn't a variable; i.e. empty (addslashes ($name)) has no meaning since it would be checking whether something which isn't a variable is a variable with a FALSE value. Derick Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-11 06:32:22] sander@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Oops :) Wrong text :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-11 06:31:55] sander@php.net No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-11 06:25:00] dennis@moellegaard.dk The following source returns "Parse error: parse error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ')' in [...]/bug.php on line 24". <?php class MyClass { function myFunction($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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18274&edit=1