Req #43936 [Com]: __empty() magic method

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43936&edit=1 ID: 43936 Comment by: chrisstocktonaz at gmail dot com Reported by: james dot laver at gmail dot com Summary: __empty() magic method Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Class/Object related Operating System: GNU/Linux PHP Version: 5.2.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I made the start of a patch for this, but there is some issues that would need to be worked out with has_property calls, it seems oddly interfaced with by the various callers. http://pastebin.com/d5gQycDB Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-10-23 16:08:03] kalle@php.net Fixed the overloading property vs language construct issue in the documentation. This feature request is still valid, so moving it to be one instead of a documentation issue ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-10-23 16:06:52] kalle@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of kalle Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=304662 Log: Added a remark about overloaded properties and language constructs (Bug #43936) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-30 13:02:14] pajoye@php.net Let document the __isset requirements better, when one relies on empty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-30 12:00:35] icy at lighttpd dot net Simple test script to trigger the bug: <?php class Foo { public $vars; function Foo() { $this->vars['bar'] = 1; } function __get($var) { return $this->vars[$var]; } } $foo = new Foo; var_dump(empty($foo->bar)); $baz = $foo->bar; var_dump(empty($baz)); Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) bool(false) Actual result: -------------- bool(true) bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-30 11:51:54] pajoye@php.net 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43936 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43936&edit=1