Check If array is null or not in php

Question

I have an array like below which is generated by parsing a xml url.

The array is

Array   (  [Tags] => SimpleXMLElement Object     (         [0] =>       )   ) 

The array name is $result. Now I want to check that if the array received like above I want to print a message of failure. But how to check this array in if condition?

Answer 1

you can use

empty($result)  

to check if the main array is empty or not.

But since you have a SimpleXMLElement object, you need to query the object if it is empty or not. See http://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmlelement.count.php

ex:

if (empty($result) || !isset($result['Tags'])) {     return false; } if ( !($result['Tags'] instanceof SimpleXMLElement)) {     return false; } return ($result['Tags']->count());