Req #10102 [Ana->Csd]: need a better error message when argument to empty() isn't a variable

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=10102&edit=1 ID: 10102 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported by: pulstar at mail dot com Summary: need a better error message when argument to empty() isn't a variable -Status: Analyzed +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues Operating System: * PHP Version: 4CVS, 5CVS (2004-04-13) -Assigned To: +Assigned To: jani Block user comment: N Private report: N Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-04-02 05:06:17] hholzgra@php.net empty() will only accept variables, no expressions the error message is a little misleading, do i move this to feature requests: "have a better error message when argument to empty() isn't a variable" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-04-01 19:05:21] pulstar at mail dot com Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' in c:\site\home\news.php on line 21 Line 21: if(!empty($news->getField(url))) Line 22: echo $news->getField(url); What is wrong in this line? I changed it to: $thing=$news->getField(url); if(!empty($thing)) echo $news->getField(url); Now, it works fine. Weird... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=10102&edit=1