NULL

O tipo null é o tipo unitário do PHP, ou seja, possui apenas um valor: null.

Variáveis indefinidas e unset() resolverão para o valor null.

Sintaxe

Há apenas um valor do tipo null, a constante case-insensitive null.

<?php
$var
= NULL;
?>

Convertendo para null

Aviso

Este recurso tornou-se DEFASADO a partir do PHP 7.2.0 e foi REMOVIDO a partir do PHP 8.0.0. O uso deste recurso é fortemente desencorajado.

Converter uma variável para null utilizando (unset) $var não removerá a variável ou apagará seu valor. Apenas retornará null como valor.

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quickpick
13 years ago
Note: empty array is converted to null by non-strict equal '==' comparison. Use is_null() or '===' if there is possible of getting empty array.

$a = array();

$a == null <== return true
$a === null < == return false
is_null($a) <== return false
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Hayley Watson
6 years ago
NULL is supposed to indicate the absence of a value, rather than being thought of as a value itself. It's the empty slot, it's the missing information, it's the unanswered question. It's not a jumped-up zero or empty set.

This is why a variable containing a NULL is considered to be unset: it doesn't have a value. Setting a variable to NULL is telling it to forget its value without providing a replacement value to remember instead. The variable remains so that you can give it a proper value to remember later; this is especially important when the variable is an array element or object property.

It's a bit of semantic awkwardness to speak of a "null value", but if a variable can exist without having a value, the language and implementation have to have something to represent that situation. Because someone will ask. If only to see if the slot has been filled.
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