Title: [Plugin: Magic Fields] Mysterious Code being Returned ()
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Magic Fields] Mysterious Code being Returned ()

 *  [andycheeseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andycheeseman/)
 * (@andycheeseman)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-magic-fields-mysterious-code-being-returned/)
 * I’m using MagicFields for WordPress and I’m checking a variable to see if it’s
   true.
 * A working example is…
 *     ```
       <?php
           if ( get('daytime_number',TRUE) ) {
               ?><div id='section_title'>Daytime Telephone</div><div id=section_detail'><?php
               echo get('daytime_number');
               ?></div><br /><?php
           }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * But when I try and test if a multiline variable is TRUE using the following code…
 *     ```
       <?php
           if ( get('business_address')!=' ' ) {
               ?><div id='section_title'>Address</div><div id=section_detail'><?php
               echo get('business_address');
               ?></div><?php
           }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * It always returns as TRUE even when the variable is empty. In the HTML, a comment
   is being generated like this…
 *     ```
       <div id='section_title'>Address</div><div id=section_detail'><p><!-- PHP 5.x --></p>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * Any help or pointers you could provide me with would be greatly appreciated!
 * Thanks, Andy.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/magic-fields/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/magic-fields/)

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-magic-fields-mysterious-code-being-returned/)
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