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