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mahdi askari
mahdi askari
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Posted by mahdi askari
mahdi askari
15,174 Points

WHy would empty($item) return false ???

Why would empty($item) return false ???

1 Answer

Nedim Becirovic
Nedim Becirovic
9,394 Points
Nedim Becirovic
Nedim Becirovic
9,394 Points

Function empty() checks if the variable has any value. If it does it will return false otherwise it will return true. Values that are consider to be empty are: "", 0, 0.0, "0", null, false, array()