<?php 
 
/** 
 * This file is part of the PHP Generics package. 
 * 
 * @package Generics 
 */ 
namespace Generics\Util; 
 
use ArrayObject; 
 
/** 
 * This class provides some array utility functions 
 * 
 * @author Maik Greubel <[email protected]> 
 * 
 */ 
class Arrays 
{ 
 
    /** 
     * Create an empty array containing a specific number of elements 
     * 
     * @param int $numElements 
     *            The number of elements in Array 
     * @return array 
     */ 
    public static function createEmptyArray($numElements): ArrayObject 
    { 
        return new ArrayObject(array_fill(0, $numElements, null)); 
    } 
 
    /** 
     * Check whether a key exists in array and corresponding value is not empty 
     * 
     * @param array $array 
     * @param mixed $element 
     * @return bool 
     */ 
    public static function hasElement($array, $element): bool 
    { 
        if (! is_array($array)) { 
            return false; 
        } 
         
        return isset($array[$element]) && strlen($array[$element]) > 0; 
    } 
} 
 
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