No reason to prevent this. It is just a matter of doing a proper test,
rather than the sloppy PHP !empty().
function callback_topics_get_section_name($course, $section) {
// We can't add a node without any text
- if (!empty($section->name)) {
+ if ((string)$section->name !== '') {
return format_string($section->name, true, array('context' => get_context_instance(CONTEXT_COURSE, $course->id)));
} else if ($section->section == 0) {
return get_string('section0name', 'format_topics');
*/
function callback_weeks_get_section_name($course, $section) {
// We can't add a node without text
- if (!empty($section->name)) {
+ if ((string)$section->name !== '') {
// Return the name the user set.
return format_string($section->name, true, array('context' => context_course::instance($course->id)));
} else if ($section->section == 0) {