Question

$form = array();
$form = $_POST['data'];

    function livre($form) {
        if (empty($form["radios"]) || empty($form["age"]) 
        || empty($form["gender"]) || empty($form["civil"]) 
        || empty($form["formation_area"]) || empty($form["scholarithy"])
        || empty($form["professional_activity"]) || empty($form["city_work"])
        || empty($form["contract_job"]) || empty($form["salary"])){
            echo ("empty");
        }
        else
        echo ("not empty");

    }

        livre($form_data_array);

the first question is: Is possible reduce the number of empty to one, like empty($form) || ($form1)

the second is: how i can reduce the number of lines, i feel this scheme that i use is not the best way. I can’t simple verify if the array is empty because only some indexes can be empty.

thanks

Answer 1

You can store all the field names that have to be tested in an array:

$fields = array('radios', 'age', ...);

and then loop over it:

foreach($fields as $field) {
   if(empty($form[$field])) {
       echo 'empty';
       break;
   }
}

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Side note: You don’t need $form = array();.