note 55966 added to function.empty

When using empty() on an object variable that is provided by the __get function, empty() will always return true. For example: class foo { public function __get($var) { if ($var == "bar") { return "bar"; } } } $object_foo = new foo(); echo '$object_foo->bar is ' . $object_foo->bar; if (empty($object_foo->bar)) { echo '$object_foo->bar seems to be empty'; } produces the following output: $object_foo->bar is bar $object_foo->bar seems to be empty ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.empty.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55966 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55966&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55966&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55966&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55966&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55966&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55966&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55966&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php