Cheking for an empty string php

Question

I am trying to write to csv.

With this function I need to cheek if there is nothing in write other value

I have tried with empty, preg_match, strlen but I always get one or another So I need to check in $v->Klasifikacija if it is empty then enter $v->BrojArtikla How Can I do that?

For now I got it working with this but do not understand why:

if (strlen(trim((string)$v->Klasifikacija)) < 4) {

If you can maybe explain this to me?

elseif ($v3 == 'Referenca') {
    if (preg_match('/\S/', $v->Klasifikacija)) {
        $b .= $v->BrojArtikla . DELIMITER;
        $v->$v3 = $v->BrojArtikla;
    } else {
        $b .= $v->Klasifikacija . DELIMITER;
        $v->$v3 = $v->Klasifikacija;
    }
}

This is whole code for pasring XML file

            function parsing_xml($supplier_name,$xml_url,$opsi='string'){
                $xml = simplexml_load_file(utf8_encode($xml_url), 'SimpleXMLElement', LIBXML_NOCDATA);
                //$xml = simplexml_load_file($xml_url, 'SimpleXMLElement', LIBXML_NOCDATA);
                if(!$xml){echo "xml $xml_url not loaded.";exit;}
                $i=0;
                $string="";
                foreach($xml as $k=>$v){
                    $b="";
                    if($i==0){
                        foreach($v as $k1=>$v1){
                            $head[]=$k1;
                        }
                        array_push($head,"dugi_opis","meta_description","meta_tag","tax","supplier","quantity","price","Referenca");
                        //array_push($head,"dugi_opis","meta_description","meta_tag","tax","supplier","quantity","price","Referenca");
                        foreach($head as $k4=>$v4){
                            $b.= "$v4".DELIMITER;
                        }
                    }//echo $xml->$k->BrojArtikla."=>".$xml->$k->Image."<pre>".print_r($head,1)."</pre>";
                    foreach($head as $k3=>$v3){
                        if($v3=='meta_description'){$v3='Naziv';}

                        if(empty($v->$v3) or $v->$v3=="" or !isset($v->$v3)){
                            $v->$v3="|||";
                        }
                        if($v3=='tax'){
                            $b.=TAX.DELIMITER;
                            $v->$v3=TAX;
                        }elseif($v3=='supplier'){
                            $b.=$supplier_name.DELIMITER;
                            $v->$v3=$supplier_name;
                        }elseif($v3=='quantity'){
                            if($v->Status=="Dostupno"){
                            //if($v->Status=='Raspoloživo'){
                                $b.="2".DELIMITER;
                                $v->$v3=2;
                            }else{
                                $b.="0".DELIMITER;
                                $v->$v3=0;
                            }
                        }elseif($v3=='Akcija'){
                            $b.= (string) floatval($v->$v3).DELIMITER;
                            $v->$v3= (string) floatval($v->$v3);
                        }elseif($v3=='NetoPrice'){
                            $b.= (string) floatval($v->$v3).DELIMITER;
                            $v->$v3= (string) floatval($v->$v3);
                        }elseif($v3=='ListPrice'){
                            $b.= (string) floatval($v->$v3).DELIMITER;
                            $v->$v3= (string) floatval($v->$v3);
                        }elseif($v3=='Rabat'){
                            $b.= (string) floatval($v->$v3).DELIMITER;
                            $v->$v3= (string) floatval($v->$v3);
                        }elseif($v3=='price'){
                            $b.= (string) floatval($v->NetoPrice)*MARZA.DELIMITER;
                            $v->$v3=(string) floatval($v->NetoPrice)*MARZA;
                        }


                        elseif($v3=='meta_tag'){
                            $b.=$v->Klasifikacija.','.$v->Proizvodjac.DELIMITER;
                            $v->$v3=$v->Klasifikacija.','.$v->Proizvodjac;
                        }


                        elseif($v3=='Referenca'){
                            //if(empty($v->Klasifikacija)){
                            //if(strlen($v->Klasifikacija)===0){
                            ///if(preg_match('/\S/',$v->Klasifikacija)){

                            //if(isset($v->Klasifikacija) || $v->Klasifikacija === ''){
                            //if(isset($v->Klasifikacija)){
                            //if(strlen($v->Klasifikacija) < 2){

                            if(trim($v->Klasifikacija) === ''){

                            $b.=$v->BrojArtikla.DELIMITER;
                            $v->$v3=$v->BrojArtikla;


                            //$b.=$v->Klasifikacija.DELIMITER;
                           // $v->$v3=$v->Klasifikacija;

                            }else{

                            //$b.=$v->BrojArtikla.DELIMITER;
                            //$v->$v3=$v->BrojArtikla;

                            $b.=$v->Klasifikacija.DELIMITER;
                            $v->$v3=$v->Klasifikacija;


                            }

                        }









                        // ovo za sad nije potrebno
                        // elseif($v3=='dugi_opis'){
                            // $b.=$v->dugi_opis.DELIMITER;
                            // $v->$v3=$v->dugi_opis;
                        // }



                        else{
                            $b.=$v->$v3.DELIMITER;
                        }
                    }
                    $supplier_item[(string)$v->BrojArtikla]=$v;
                    $b=substr($b,0,-1);
                    $b=str_replace("'","\'",$b);
                    $b=str_replace('"','\"',$b);
                    $b=str_replace("\n"," ",$b);

                    $i++;
                    $string.="\n$b";    

                }
                if($opsi=='string'){
                    return $string;
                }elseif($opsi=='supplier_item'){
                    return $supplier_item;
                }else{
                    $z['string']=$string;
                    $z['supplier_item']=$supplier_item;
                    return  $z;
                }
            }

If $v->Klasifikacija is a string have you tried if(strlen($v->Klasifikacija)==0) { ... }? — Stu
– Stu, Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 17:49
if(strlen($v->Klasifikacija)===0){ This also does not work, I have tried empty() also — GitGryphon
– GitGryphon, Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 17:51
Perhaps $v->Klasifikacija and $v->BrojArtikla don't look the way you expect them to. Try print_r( $v ) to make sure. — C. E.
– C. E., Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 17:54

steffen · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-04 18:00:27Z

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What is the type of $v->Klasifikacija? If it's not a string (it could be a SimpleXMLElement instance), then maybe you should cast it to a string and check for emptyness afterwards. Try var_dump($v->Klasifikacija) to determine the type. Maybe your having multiple problems here. You could do something like

$stringValue = (string) $v->Klasifikacija;
$stringValue = trim($stringValue);
if (strlen($stringValue) == 0)) {
    // ...
}

Also keep in mind that empty is true for "0"!

By the way, you can safe a lot of time using PHPs CSV functions!

answered Jan 4, 2013 at 18:00

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GitGryphon Over a year ago

Can I do something like if (strlen(trim((string)$stringValue)) == 0))

GitGryphon Over a year ago

I have tried if (strlen(trim((string)$v->Klasifikacija)) == 0) { And still the same

GitGryphon Over a year ago

This works But why? if (strlen(trim((string)$v->Klasifikacija)) < 4) {

steffen Over a year ago

just check what it contains: var_dump(trim((string)$v->Klasifikacija))

Matyas Matyas · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-04 18:03:59Z

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The best way to check if a string is empty is to use strlen.

Take care empty returns true for the string "0".

$a = "";
$b = "0";
echo empty($a), " ", empty($b), " ", strlen($a), " ", strlen($b), "\n";
//OUTPUT: 1, 1, 0, 1

If you want to consider strings having only spaces empty, please look at the trim PHP method. Your condition then would be:

if (0 == strlen(trim($v->Klasifikacija))) {}

answered Jan 4, 2013 at 18:03

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GitGryphon Over a year ago

I have tried it but same result, I cannot get What am I doing wrong here

GitGryphon Over a year ago

When I print it I get real values, references

웃웃웃웃웃 · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-04 17:56:26Z

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if $v->Klasifikacija is a string then Try this....

 elseif($v3=='Referenca'){

        if(empty($v->Klasifikacija)){

        $b.=$v->BrojArtikla.DELIMITER;

        $v->$v3=$v->BrojArtikla;

        }else{

        $b.=$v->Klasifikacija.DELIMITER;

        $v->$v3=$v->Klasifikacija;

        }

    }

Also you van check $v->Klasifikacija=='' or strlen($v->Klasifikacija)>0 etc....

answered Jan 4, 2013 at 17:56

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