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Request #10102 need a better error message when argument to empty() isn't a variable
Submitted: 2001-04-01 19:05 UTC Modified: 2010-12-01 16:04 UTC
From: pulstar at mail dot com Assigned: jani (profile)
Status: Closed Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 4CVS, 5CVS (2004-04-13) OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-04-01 19:05 UTC] pulstar at mail dot com 
Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' 
in c:\site\home\news.php on line 21

Line 21:  if(!empty($news->getField(url)))
Line 22:      echo $news->getField(url);

What is wrong in this line? 
I changed it to:

$thing=$news->getField(url);
if(!empty($thing))
     echo $news->getField(url);

Now, it works fine. Weird...

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 [2001-04-02 05:06 UTC] hholzgra@php.net 
empty() will only accept variables, 
no expressions

the error message is a little misleading,
do i move this to feature requests:

"have a better error message when argument to 
 empty() isn't a variable"
 [2010-12-01 16:04 UTC] jani@php.net
-Status: Analyzed +Status: Closed -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues -Assigned To: +Assigned To: jani
 
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