Req #43936 [Opn->Asn]: __empty() magic method

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43936&edit=1 ID: 43936 Updated by: pajoye@php.net Reported by: james dot laver at gmail dot com Summary: __empty() magic method -Status: Open +Status: Assigned Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues Operating System: GNU/Linux PHP Version: 5.2.5 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: dmitry New Comment: hi Dmitry, What's your thoughts on this one? Someone asked me about it and we found this old bug. A workaround is to implement __isset but that makes little sense (isset != empty) and is counter intuitive. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-01-25 14:40:45] james dot laver at gmail dot com 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43936&edit=1