{"id":11409,"date":"2024-03-14T14:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-check-if-an-array-is-empty-in-php-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:32:13","slug":"how-to-check-if-an-array-is-empty-in-php-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-check-if-an-array-is-empty-in-php-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP: Check if Array is Empty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the following code to check if an array is empty:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">empty<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-variable\">$array<\/span>)) {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">echo<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u6570\u7ec4\u4e3a\u7a7a\"<\/span>;\r\n} <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">else<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">echo<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u6570\u7ec4\u4e0d\u4e3a\u7a7a\"<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The empty() function, in the code above, is used to determine if an array is empty. 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