I do not understand your question very well, but maybe you are looking array_filter()
array_filter($arr) , 2 test, count().
:
if (count(array_filter($arr)) > 0)
{
echo '$arr has values';
}
, array_filter(), , false, , 0. , :
if (count(array_filter($arr, 'isset')) > 0)
{
echo '$arr has values';
}
( ):
if (count(array_filter($arr, 'strlen')) > 0)
{
echo '$arr has values';
}
Coalesce PHP.
, array_filter() ( $_FILES) :
if (count(array_filter($_FILES['inputbox']['name'], 'strlen')) > 0)
{
echo count($_FILES['inputbox']['name']) . ' files';
echo '<br />';
echo count(array_filter($_FILES['inputbox']['name'], 'strlen')) . ' files set';
}