Easy PHP help needed

I have this:

$description = $file['description'];

PHP:

The description is set on gamepages, but not pages without games. So, I would need something that says if the description is empty, then the description is "no description"

So I guess I would need to use IF and whatever, like, if $description = empty;
set the $description = "description was empty";

if you get me?

 

$description = $file['description'] ? $file['description'] : 'no description';

PHP:

 

$description = $file['description'];

if($description == ''){
$description = "description was empty";
}

PHP:

 

This is a handy function from osCommerc:

function tep_not_null($value) {
      if (is_array($value)) {
        if (sizeof($value) > 0) {
          return true;
        } else {
          return false;
        }
      } else {
        if (($value != '') && (strtolower($value) != 'null') && (strlen(trim($value)) > 0)) {
          return true;
        } else {
          return false;
        }
      }
    }

PHP:

In your case:

if(!tep_not_null($description){ //Note the !
$description = 'no description';
}

PHP:

Unlike jestep's suggestion this allows for null, spaces, false etc.

 

TOPS30,

Try this function instead:

	function notNull($value) {
		switch(gettype($value)){
			case 'boolean':
			case 'object':
			case 'resource':
			case 'integer':
			case 'double':
				return true;
				break;
			case 'string':
				if (($value != '') && (strtolower($value) != 'null') && (strlen(trim($value)) > 0)){
					return true;
				} else {
					return false;
				}
				break;
			case 'array':
				if (sizeof($value) > 0){
					return true;
				} else {
					return false;
				}
				break;
			case 'NULL':
			default:
				return false;
				break; 
		} # end switch
	} # end function

PHP:

Bobby

 

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