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ptamzz
ptamzz

Reputation: 9365

php isset() equivalent in javascript

I'm looking for the javascript equivalent of the php function isset(). I've tried the method described here at JavaScript isset() equivalent but at firebug, error comes up saying

data.del is undefined                          //Firebug warning/error
 if(typeof data.del[0].node != 'undefined') { // codes in my js file

And in some cases

data is null                                  //Firebug warning/error
  if(typeof data.storyLine != 'undefined') { // codes in my js file

The logic seems to work but I'm wondering why is there an error then??

Basically, I want to check whether data.del[0].node or data.storyLine isset or not??

Upvotes: 6

Views: 20094

Answers (3)

zzzzBov
zzzzBov

Reputation: 179086

ECMAScript defines the hasOwnProperty method for checking if an object has a property of a given name:

var foo = {'bar':'bar'}

alert( foo.hasOwnProperty( 'bar' ) ); //true
alert( foo.hasOwnProperty( 'baz' ) ); //false

EDIT: This doesn't fully answer your question

It's possible for a property to be set as undefined

foo.bar = undefined;

alert( foo.hasOwnProperty( 'bar' ) ); //still true

The important question is: What do you need your truth table to be?

In php:

type  | isset() | == true
------+---------+----------
null  | false   | false
false | true    | false
true  | true    | true
""    | true    | false
"a"   | true    | true
0     | true    | false
1     | true    | true

In JS:

type      | isset() | truthy
----------+---------+--------
NaN       | ?       | false
undefined | ?       | false
null      | false   | false
true      | true    | true
false     | true    | false
""        | true    | false
"a"       | true    | true
0         | true    | false
1         | true    | true

Upvotes: 5

Bobby D
Bobby D

Reputation: 2159

isset() makes two checks: first if the variable is defined, and second if it is null.

You will have to check for both the 'undefined' case and the null case, for example: 

if (typeof data !== 'undefined' && data !== null)

Upvotes: 11

Harmen
Harmen

Reputation: 22438

I think the best solution is to look in the source code of php.js:

function isset () {
    // !No description available for isset. @php.js developers: Please update the function summary text file.
    // 
    // version: 1103.1210
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/isset
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: FremyCompany
    // +   improved by: Onno Marsman
    // +   improved by: Rafał Kukawski
    // *     example 1: isset( undefined, true);
    // *     returns 1: false
    // *     example 2: isset( 'Kevin van Zonneveld' );
    // *     returns 2: true
    var a = arguments,
        l = a.length,
        i = 0,
        undef;

    if (l === 0) {
        throw new Error('Empty isset');
    }

    while (i !== l) {
        if (a[i] === undef || a[i] === null) {
            return false;
        }
        i++;
    }
    return true;
}

Upvotes: 4

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