I want to check if a variable called $smth is blank (I mean empty space), and I also want to check if it is set using the function I defined below:
function is_blank($var){
$var = trim($var);
if( $var == '' ){
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
The problem is I can't find a way to check if variable $smth
is set inside is_blank()
function. The following code solves my problem but uses two functions:
if( !isset($smth) || is_blank($smth) ){
// code;
}
If I use an undeclared variable as an argument for a function it says:
if( is_blank($smth) ){
//code;
}
Undefined variable: smth in D:\Www\www\project\code.php on line 41
Do you have a solution for this?
Solution
This is what I came up with:
function is_blank(&$var){
if( !isset($var) ){
return true;
} else {
if( is_string($var) && trim($var) == '' ){
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
and works like a charm. Thank you very much for the idea, NikiC.