note 98087 added to function.constant
| From: | hellekin at osu1 dot php dot net | Date: | Tue, 25 May 2010 15:07:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 98087 added to function.constant | ||
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Checking if a constant is empty is bork...
You cannot
<?php
define('A', '');
define('B', 'B');
if (empty(B)) // syntax error
if (empty(constant('B'))) // fatal error
// so instead, thanks to LawnGnome on IRC, you can cast the constants to boolean (empty string is
false)
if (((boolean) A) && ((boolean) B))
// do stuff
?>
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