Re: wrong implementation of isset()?

From: Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 17:52:48 +0000
Subject: Re: wrong implementation of isset()?
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On Tue, 06 Feb 2001, Martin Jansen wrote: > The following was reported today in the german language newsgroup > news:de.comp.lang.php: > > <?php > $a = NULL; > if (isset($a)) { print "ok, du hast recht"; } > ?> > > Shouldn't this script generate some output? IMO $a is set > and isset() should return true. > > The manual says: > "isset -- Determine whether a variable is set" > > So following the manual means that there _has_ to be > output because $a is set in fact. > > Or am I wrong? NULL == not set -Andrei Some people try to achieve immortality through their work, others through their children. I hope to achieve immortality by not dying. -- Woody Allen

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