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Bug #54993 Return value fails to be used in empty
Submitted: 2011-06-04 14:53 UTC Modified: 2011-06-04 15:26 UTC
From: welfordmartin at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Compile Warning
PHP Version: 5.3.6 OS: Windows 7
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2011-06-04 14:53 UTC] welfordmartin at gmail dot com
Description:
------------
I have built an MVC (lightweight MVC) now in this is static class ("cleanData") 
with method for (POST, GET, URL) and use addSlashes on them,

the problem is when i use the return data in the empty function
("Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context")

Test script:
---------------
class cleanData{
  public static function GET($key){
    return addslashes($_GET[$key]);
  }
}

if(empty(cleanData::GET("test"))){
  echo "empty";
}else{
  echo cleanData::GET("test");
}

Expected result:
----------------
if loaded with ?test=1 i should see
1 on output,

if loaded with ?test=, or without test in url i should see 
empty

Actual result:
--------------
Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context

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 [2011-06-04 15:26 UTC] dtajchreber@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2011-06-04 15:26 UTC] dtajchreber@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

"Note:

empty() only checks variables as anything else will result in a parse error. In 
other words, the 
following will not work: empty(trim($name))."

$c = cleanData::GET("test");
if(empty($c)) { 
  /* etc */
} else {
  /* etc */
}

[1] http://php.net/empty
 
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