note 79784 added to function.empty

According to the PHP bug repository the following behavior of empty isn't a bug, it's "a feature." If you use the __get function with an object and then test a property of that object with empty() you will ALWAYS get false. You don't even get the benefit of an error or warning like you do when you try something like empty(someFunction()); So instead you find yourself with the wonderful fun of tracing program flow. Beware using empty with objects. Better yet, use this one line wrapper function function isEmpty($value) { return empty($value) } This dodges the stupidity of the current implementation of empty() entirely. If you try to evaluate a property of an object set by __get in any way it will work with this wrapper function. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 76.123.217.162 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.empty.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/79784 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79784/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79784/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79784/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79784/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79784/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79784/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79784 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/79784 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php