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<?php// PHP 5.0 or later: $array = []; var_dump(empty($array)); // outputs bool(true) $array = new ArrayObject(); var_dump(empty($array)); // outputs bool(false) // why don't these both produce the same output?<?php
Output for 7.4.3 - 7.4.32, 8.0.0 - 8.0.12, 8.0.14 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
<?php// PHP 5.0 or later: $array = []; var_dump(empty($array)); // outputs bool(true) $array = new ArrayObject(); var_dump(empty($array)); // outputs bool(false) // why don't these both produce the same output?
Output for 8.0.13
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected variable "$array" in /in/qJhV0 on line 2
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 5.4.0 - 5.4.31, 5.5.0 - 5.5.15, 7.3.32 - 7.3.33, 7.4.33
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$array' (T_VARIABLE) in /in/qJhV0 on line 2
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 7.2.29 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.31
<?php// PHP 5.0 or later: $array = []; var_dump(empty($array)); // outputs bool(true) $array = new ArrayObject(); var_dump(empty($array)); // outputs bool(false) // why don't these both produce the same output?<?php

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