On Sat, Apr 5, 2025, at 21:23, Bilge wrote:
> On 05/04/2025 20:18, Rob Landers wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 5, 2025, at 21:10, Bilge wrote:
>>> On 05/04/2025 19:41, Rob Landers wrote:
>>>> empty() has very many uses.
>>> That is exactly the same as saying == has many uses. It does. So many uses
>>> that it's useless. Its semantics are nonsense.
>>>>
>>>> if (isset($var) && $varl != false) {
>>>> foo($bool);
>>>> }
>>>>
>>> >$varl != false
>>>
>>> You should never be doing this.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bilge
>>
>> Heh, to quote a great movie: That's just like, your opinion, man. In all seriousness,
>> there are quite a number of uses for ==, especially because we don't have operators on objects,
>> nor do we have value objects. Sometimes, equality isn't based on identity, but on value:
>>
>> https://3v4l.org/rRMNR
>>
>> — Rob
> You don't use empty() on objects.
>
I initially thought your comment was focused specifically on the use of ==, rather than "==
false" or "!= false." That said, I think all of these have valid use cases, as does
empty(). I'm not entirely clear on the point you're trying to make, though — if the
argument is simply "you should never be doing this," it would be helpful to understand the
reasoning behind that perspective. Without context or elaboration, it comes across more as a
personal preference than a technical guideline.
— Rob