[PHP-BUG] Bug #69245 [NEW]: Bug empty('text')

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From:             vokamut at gmail dot com
Operating system: Windows 8 & Linux Debian 7
PHP version:      5.4.38
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:Bug empty('text')

Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.empty
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var_dump(empty('')) - T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING

$a='';
var_dump(empty($a)); - bool(true)

Test script:
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var_dump(empty('')) - T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING
var_dump(empty('php')) - T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING
var_dump(empty(1)) - T_LNUMBER
var_dump(empty(true)) - T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM

$a=' ';
var_dump(empty($a)); - bool(false)
$a='';
var_dump(empty($a)); - bool(true)
$a='php';
var_dump(empty($a)); - bool(false)
$a=1;
var_dump(empty($a)); - bool(false)
$a=true;
var_dump(empty($a)); - bool(false)

Expected result:
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var_dump(empty('')) - bool(true)
var_dump(empty('php')) - bool(false)
var_dump(empty(1)) - bool(false)
var_dump(empty(true)) - bool(false)


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Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69245&edit=1
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Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4):   https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=trysnapshot54
Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5):   https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=trysnapshot55
Try a snapshot (trunk):     https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=trysnapshottrunk
Fixed in SVN:               https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=fixed
Fixed in release:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:             https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:      https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=needscript
Try newer version:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=support
Expected behavior:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=php4
Daylight Savings:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=dst
IIS Stability:              https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=float
No Zend Extensions:         https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:  https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69245&r=mysqlcfg
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