Title: Shortcode – is_empty or null
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Shortcode – is_empty or null

 *  Resolved [max34211](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max34211/)
 * (@max34211)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-is_empty-or-null/)
 * Hi there,
 * I have this shortcode that im creating where if an attribute is empty I don’t
   want anything to happen. Can somebody tell me what I should use to do so?
 *     ```
       if(!empty($ptitle)){
          //dont do anything
          }else{
          //do this code
          }
       ```
   

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-is_empty-or-null/#post-4872151)
 *     ```
       if( !empty( $ptitle )) {
            // Do your stuff in here!
       }
       ```
   
 * That’s what you’re looking for. That says that if the value isn’t empty then 
   do something, and if it is empty there’s nothing to do.

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