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>empty -- determine whether a variable is set</DIV
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>&#13;     Returns false if <TT
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  2&nbsp;$var = 0;
  3&nbsp;if (empty($var)) { #evaluates true 
  4&nbsp;    print '$var is either 0 or not at all set';
  5&nbsp;}
  6&nbsp;if (!isset($var)) { // evaluates false
  7&nbsp;    print 'The $var is not set at all';
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>&#13;     Note that this is meaningless when used on anything which isn't a
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