note 75322 added to function.empty

RE: Arian's comments on empty( $someClass->someMethod() ) causing Fatal error: Can't use method return value in write context in ... As retardedly simple as it is, just do this: function emptyReturn( $var ) { return empty( $var ); } and substitute emptyReturn() anywhere you would use empty() on a function call. I'm telling myself there's some good reason it is this way, but I'm not believing me. ---- Server IP: 69.39.81.135 Probable Submitter: 207.173.178.2 (proxied: 207.173.178.102) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.empty.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/75322 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75322/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75322/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75322/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75322/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75322/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75322/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75322 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/75322 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php