#31302 [NEW]: empty() shouldn't count ' ', '\n', etc

From: aitrus at tresgeek dot net Operating system: PHP version: 4.3.10 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: empty() shouldn't count ' ', '\n', etc Description: ------------ I thought that this used to be the behavior of empty()... It would be nice of empty() returned true when passed a string which only had spaces, tabs, or newline characters in it. Reproduce code: --------------- $foo = ' '; if ( empty( $foo ) ) { echo "foo is empty"; } else { echo "foo is NOT empty"; }//if --- output is: 'foo is NOT empty' Expected result: ---------------- expected output: 'foo is empty' -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31302&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31302&r=mysqlcfg