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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: variable_exists() patch
From: andi@zend.com (Andi Gutmans)

I am not really convinced either that variable_exists() is=20
function_exists() parallel.
Under what circumstances is this needed?

Andi

At 03:18 PM 8/14/2003 +0200, nicos@php.net wrote:

>"Lars Torben Wilson" <torben@php.net> a =E9crit dans le message de
>news:1060813541.901.336.camel@ali...
> > 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.
>
>Hmm, I thought a variable is set even if its value is NULL?
>
>Are you sure we want this patch?
>
> >
> > The bug report and a link to the patch is here:
> >
> >    http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=3D24274&edit=3D1
> >
> > 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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>--
>Regards.
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