Re: combine empty and trim

Brad Bonkoski wrote:

Ross wrote:

I want to trim any whitepace and check if it is empty in the same line this is not working. if (empty(trim($_POST['_createcategory']))) {

perhaps try: if( strlen(trim($_POST['...']))) <= 0 ) { ... } don't think empty is the right function for this... -Brad opps.. to many ')'

as a follow up read: http://us3.php.net/empty on empty.. especially the note: *Note: * *empty()* only checks variables as anything else will result in a parse error. In other words, the following will not work: *empty(trim($name))*.