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Request #22737 Rename empty()
Submitted: 2003-03-16 12:26 UTC Modified: 2003-03-17 19:41 UTC
From: php dot net at trenkner dot de Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 4.3.0 OS: ANY
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-03-16 12:26 UTC] php dot net at trenkner dot de 
Maybe this is a FAQ but I didn't found it, so...

The function empty() seems to be named inconsistently. We say is_null, is_string, is_object so why there is no function is_empty()? BTW isset() is also not in sync :-(

I would like to see a function is_empty() which behaves in the same way then empty(), same for is_set() replacing isset().

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 [2003-03-17 11:10 UTC] jay@php.net 
So what's your plan to mitigate BC problems? What about 
the users who have written their own functions called 
is_empty() and is_set()? 
 
You can't just replace something as commonly used as 
isset() or empty(). 
 
If you really want this functionality, wrap a userland 
function around empty() and isset(), because the odds of 
this changing are infintesimally small. 
 
J
 
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