How to check that an object is empty in PHP?

Question

How to find if an object is empty or not in PHP.

Following is the code in which $obj is holding XML data. How can I check if it\'s empty or not?

Answer 1

If you cast anything in PHP as a (bool), it will tell you right away if the item is an object, primitive type or null. Use the following code:

$obj = simplexml_load_file($url);

if (!(bool)$obj) {
    print "This variable is null, 0 or empty";
} else {
    print "Variable is an object or a primitive type!";
}