#30337 [Opn->Csd]: empty() does not return true on empty objects

ID: 30337 Updated by: vrana@php.net Reported By: jorma dot tuomainen at softera dot fi -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Solaris PHP Version: 5.0.1 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. "In PHP 4 and earlier also objects with empty properties are considered empty while not in PHP 5." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-26 16:45:36] nlopess@php.net I think that the empty() page deserves a little note about this. Can you please add this, Aidan? :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-25 08:39:41] aidan@php.net It's covered under http://php.net/migration5 Perhaps this deserves a note on the empty() page, perhaps not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-23 16:15:27] tony2001@php.net "As far as the new OO model is concerned objects are always handles, they are always true and they aren't empty." (c) Andi Making it a documentation problem then. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-11 20:48:41] andrey@php.net <?php function empty_object($obj){ return count((array)$obj)==0; } class foo{var $a=1;} $std=new stdclass; $foo=new foo; var_dump(empty_object($obj), empty_object($foo)); ?> bool(true) bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-08 13:38:29] th at zirkonium dot net I find this bug pretty irritating too. In my opinion empty() shouldn't behave this way, or at least like Jorma said, it should be mentioned in docs or some other way to check if objects are empty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 http://bugs.php.net/30337 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30337&edit=1