is a variable set?
 

I am in the process of learning JSP and my question is how do I check to see if a variable exists? The equivalent of this in php would be
[php]if (isset($_POST['someVar']))[/php] or
[php]if (isset($_GET['someVar']))[/php]
any and all help would be appreciated!

Re: is a variable set?
 

I'm pretty sure you can use defined in javascript. You can try:

if (defined(somevariable)) {

   alert(somevariable);

}

I'm not sure, but I think that's accurate.

Re: is a variable set?
 

that wont work because i need it to be serverside, otherwise i might as well do it in html/javascript instead of jsp

Re: is a variable set?
 

You are talking about a regular variable right? Or are you talking about an evirionment variable?

Re: is a variable set?
 

You mean a request or session attribute?
It's easy.

<c:if test="${not empty someVar}">

  <%-- do what you need to do when the attribute is there --%>

</c:if>

Actually if it's just to prevent errors when outputting something you don't need to check, JSTL is smart enough to ignore anything that's not there so

<c:out value="${someVar}"/>

would just output nothing at all if someVar weren't there.

Re: is a variable set?
 

i mean like a get (from url) or posted (client connection) variable

Re: is a variable set?
 

Hmn, will this help any: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/...21299007.html?