a function to test a array for having a value?

I have a multidimentional array and I am trying to find out if the array contains any value or not. both empty() and isset() return true even when the array contains noting.

for example:

$list[] = "";
$list[] = "";
$list[] = "";

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I am looking for a function to tell me the items in list are empty or "" or whatever.


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Hope this is what you need

 

This will work only with arrays of simple structure. One of the universal solutions would be to 'flatten' the multidimensional array, count the number of empty elements in it and compare to the total count of elements.

$list[] = "";

$list[] = "";

$list[] = ""; 

$list[] = $list;

# (c) Yassin Ezbakhe <yassin88 at gmail dot com>, php.net doc notes.
function array_values_recursive($array)
{
   $arrayValues = array();

   foreach ($array as $value)
   {
       if (is_scalar($value) OR is_resource($value))
       {
             $arrayValues[] = $value;
       }
       elseif (is_array($value))
       {
             $arrayValues = array_merge($arrayValues, array_values_recursive($value));
       }
   }

   return $arrayValues;
}

$v = array_values_recursive($list);

$empty = 0;

foreach ($v as $val) {

	if (empty($val)) {
	
		$empty++;	
		
	}
	
}

if ($empty == sizeof($v)) {

	echo 'We have an empty array here!';
	
}

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