note 95622 added to function.count

ceo at l-i-e dot com said: count('') returns the very un-intuitive value of 1... ___ That's kind of retarded, in my opinion. I wish it would just return 0. For example, in counting files: $files = glob('*.*') $indexCount= count($files); if ($indexCount > 0) . . . would continue even with zero files, because count still gave a value of "1". I had to test for truth first: if ($files = glob('*.*')){ // not == $indexCount= count($files); . . . } ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 116.122.221.48 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.count.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/95622 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95622/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95622/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95622/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95622/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95622/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95622/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95622 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/95622 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php