note 82940 added to language.oop5.overloading

It should be noted that the behavior of empty() will be slightly changed even when using __isset(). There really needs to be an __empty() magic method in order to not change behavior.... but I'd rather just not call empty() when using magic methods. Example: <?php class myclass { private $_raw_data = array() ; function __construct( $data) { $this->_raw_data = $data ; } function __isset( $field_name) { return isset($this->_raw_data[$field_name]); } } $_POST['foo']='' ; $myclass = new myclass( $_POST) ; // correctly reports "isset" echo (isset($myclass->foo)) ? 'isset' : 'not isset' ; // incorrectly reports "not empty" echo (empty($myclass->foo)) ? 'empty' : 'not empty' ; // a way to get around the broken empty() call - correctly reports "empty" echo ($myclass->foo) ? 'not empty' : 'empty' ; ?> ---- Server IP: 209.41.74.194 Probable Submitter: 65.47.144.166 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/82940 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82940/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82940/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82940/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82940/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82940/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82940/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82940 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/82940 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php