The filled
helper function is the logical opposite of the blank
helper function, and can be used to quickly determine if the provided value has a non-null, or non-empty value. The provided $value
is considered filled if any of the following conditions are met:
- The value is not
null
, - The value is a string and contains non-whitespace characters with a length greater than
0
, - The value is numeric, and contains value,
- The value is
boolean
, - The value is a
Countable
object and contains items, - the PHP
empty
evaluates tofalse
Signature
The signature of the filled
function is:
function filled(
$value
);
Example Use
The following example demonstrates the basic usage of the filled
method and is the opposite of the example provided in the blank
section:
// Set a value to null.
$testValue = null;
if (filled($testValue)) {
// Perform some action when the
// supplied value is not 'blank'.
} else {
// Perform a different action when the
// supplied value is 'bank'.
}
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