Variable Handling Function in PHP

isset() function

This function is used to checks a variable value is set or not. which means that it has to be variable is declared and is not NULL.

This isset() function returns true if the variable value is set and is not NULL, otherwise it returns false.

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$name = "mahtab habib";
// it return True because $name is set
if (isset($name)) {
echo "my name is".$name;
}

$x = null;
// it return False because $x is NULL
if (isset($x)) {
echo "Variable 'x' is set.";
}
?>

unset() Function

The unset() function unset a variable. this function is used to remove the variable value.

File Name :

$str = "Hi sana!";
echo "The value of variable 'str' before unset: " . $str . "
";
unset($str);
echo "The value of variable 'str' after unset: " . $str;
?>

Output :-

The value of variable 'str' before unset: Hi sana! The value of variable 'str' after unset:

Example :-

// Set session variables
$_SESSION["fname"] = "mahtab";

// Remove session variable
unset($_SESSION['fname']);

empty() function

empty() function is a predefine php function. it check the variable value is empty or not. if variable is empty then it return True otherwise it return False.

File Name :

<?php $name = "sana";
if(!empty($name)
{
echo "Hello Sana";
}
else{
echo "Hi Sara";
}
?>

intval() function

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is_array() function

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is_null() function

is_null() Check a variable is NULL or not. if the variable has been set with NULL. in this case is_null() is used to check variable is empty or not.

isset() function is used to check variable contain value or not. but is_null() check variable contain null or not.

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"" (an empty string)
0 (0 as an integer)
0.0 (0 as a float)
"0" (0 as a string)
NULL
FALSE
array() (an empty array)
$var; (a variable declared, but without a value)

$variable = NULL;
is_null($variable);

$a = 0;
echo "a is " . is_null($a);
$b = null;
echo "b is " . is_null($b);
$c = "null";
echo "c is " . is_null($c);
$d = NULL;
echo "d is " . is_null($d);

	“”	“sana”	NULL	FALSE	0	undefined
empty()	True	False	True	True	True	True
is_null()	False	False	True	False	False	True (error)
isset()	True	True	False	True	True	False

is_object()

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