My array is not empty but empty() claims it is

Question

I've var dumped my array:

array(4) { [0]=> string(72) "
1
" [1]=> string(57) "
2
" [2]=> string(63) "
›
" [3]=> string(63) "
»
" }

When I check:

empty($myArray);

It always says true. Why is this?

Answer 1

Try to use

count($myArray) == 0

instead

Answer 2

• empty() function returns FALSE if var exists and has a non-empty, non-zero value. Otherwise returns TRUE.
• The following things are considered to be empty, and return value would be true:
• "" (an empty string)
• 0 (0 as an integer)
• "0" (0 as a string)
• NULL
• FALSE
• array() (an empty array)

Answer 3

Alternatively,you can check with count() function like this:-

if((count($myArray) < 1) || (count($myArray)) === 0){
    echo 'Array is empty';
}else{
  echo 'There is Data in Array';
}