Re: Count empty array

On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 13:31 -0800, Kevin Murphy wrote: > I'm wondering why this is. > > $data = ""; > $array = explode(",",$data); > $count = count($array); > $count will = 1 > > $data = "Test"; > $array = explode(",",$data); > $count = count($array); > $count will = 1 > > $data = "Test,Test"; > $array = explode(",",$data); > $count = count($array); > $count will = 2 > > Why doesn't the first one give me an answer of 0 instead of 1. For the same reason the second one gives you a count of one. There are no commas and so only one item exists. Whether that be an string with content or the empty string itself is irrelevant. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'