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There are many ways to judge whether a variable is empty in PHP. PHP provides us with empty, isset, var == null, is_null and other functions to judge variables. Let me share with you how to use these methods. .
A simple comparison of empty() and isset().
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If (empty($var)) { echo '$var is either 0 or not set at all'; } //The result is false because $var has been set
If (!isset($var)) { echo '$var is not set at all'; } |
var == null
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$a = 0; // Undefined variable: c |
Function: Determine whether the variable is "empty"
Note: Variables and empty arrays whose value is 0 or false or empty string "" or null will be judged as null
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$a = null; // Undefined variable: c 变量==0 或 变量===0 |
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$b = array(); if ($a == null) echo '$a is empty' . ""; if ($b == null) echo '$b is empty' . ""; if ($c == null) echo '$b is empty' . "";//Display the result as // $a is empty
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$a = null; $b = false; if (is_null($a)) echo '$a is NULL' . ""; if (is_null($b)) echo '$b is NULL' . ""; if (is_null($c)) echo '$c is NULL' . ""; //Display the result as // $a is NULL // Undefined variable: c Variable==0 or Variable==0 |
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$a ===0 $a ==="" $a ==0 is equal to $a =="" |
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if(empty($id)) $id=1; // If id=0, id will also be 1 if(!isset($id)) $id=1; // If id=0, id will not be 1 The above inference can be detected by running the following code separately: if(empty($id)) $id=1; Print $id; // get 1 if(!isset($id)) $id=1; Print $id; //get 0 |
Summary
NULL and empty are two different concepts in php,
isset is mainly used to determine whether the variable has been initialized
empty can judge variables with values of "false", "empty", "0", "NULL", and "uninitialized" as TRUE
is_null only evaluates variables with a value of “NULL” as TRUE
var == null Judges variables with values of "false", "empty", "0", and "NULL" as TRUE
var === null Only variables with a value of "NULL" are judged as TRUE
Some other functions that may use PHP variable judgment
isset($ var): //Whether the variable has been declared
empty($ var): //Is the variable empty
defined($ var): //Is the constant defined? define()
is_array($ var): //Check whether the measured variable is an array
is_null($ var): //Check whether the measured variable is null