Checking if a $_COOKIE value is empty or not

Question

I assign a cookie to a variable:

$user_cookie = $_COOKIE[\"user\"];

How can I check if the $user_cookie received some value or

Answer 1

Try empty function in php http://php.net/manual/en/function.empty.php

You can also use isset http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.isset.php