What is the difference between isset() and array_key_exists() in PHP? When to use which?
Hello everyone! I just started learning PHP and encountered a confusing situation. I have an array with user data:
```php
$user = [
'name' => 'Ivan',
'email' => 'ivan@example.com',
'age' => null,
'status' => ''
];
```
I need to check if the key `age` exists in the array. I tried two ways:
```php
if (isset($user['age'])) {
echo "Age is set";
}
if (array_key_exists('age', $user)) {
echo "Key age exists";
}
```
The first method (`isset`) does not output a message, although the key `age` is clearly present in the array. But `array_key_exists` works and outputs "Key age exists". I'm confused: both seem to check for the existence of a key? Why different results? And for the `status` key with an empty string, `isset` also returns `false`, although
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