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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:45:38 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] variable_exists() patch
From: ilia@prohost.org (Ilia Alshanetsky)

Do we really need this function? I see 2 ways of 'implementing' this 
functionality in PHP without having to add another function. For example:
(isset($var) || is_null($var)) or gettype($var).

Ilia

On August 13, 2003 06:25 pm, Lars Torben Wilson wrote:
> Hi out there,
>
> A few weeks ago I submitted a patch in the bug db for a
> variable_exists() construct, which parallels the function_exists()
> one but for variables. In short, it returns TRUE if a variable
> exists, regardless of its value. In other words, it's an isset()
> which doesn't care if the variable's value is NULL.
>
> The bug report and a link to the patch is here:
>
>    http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=24274&edit=1
>
> Just mentioning it because I don't know whether it's good enough to
> go in, but users have emailed me to ask why it hasn't been included.
> If I've screwed up with the patch, a quick note as to what was wrong
> would be great.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Torben
>
>
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