isset() function is used to determine if a variable is set and is not NULL. It return true if the variable exist and false if not exist.

<?php
$var1 = 10;
$var2 = null;
if (isset($var1)) {
    echo "is set"; 
} else {
    echo "is not set";
}

if (isset($var2)) {
    echo "is set";
} else {
    echo "is not set"; 
}
?>

Output:

is set

is not set