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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: blank() Function as a Complement to empty()
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On 05/04/2025 19:41, Rob Landers wrote:
> empty() has very many uses.
That is exactly the same as saying `==` has many uses. It does. So many 
uses that it's useless. Its semantics are nonsense.
>
> if (isset($var) && $varl != false) {
>   foo($bool);
> }
>
 >$varl != false

You should never be doing this.

Cheers,
Bilge

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/04/2025 19:41, Rob Landers wrote:<br>
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      <div>empty() has very many uses.<br>
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    That is exactly the same as saying `==` has many uses. It does. So
    many uses that it's useless. Its semantics are nonsense.<br>
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      <div>if (isset($var) &amp;&amp; $varl != false) {<br>
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      <div>  foo($bool);<br>
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    <p>&gt;$varl != false</p>
    <p>You should never be doing this.</p>
    <p>Cheers,<br>
      Bilge<br>
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