Fixes #2490: attributes initialize to NULL instead of empty string or 0. Updated tests to reflect this

git-svn-id: http://code.elgg.org/elgg/trunk@7376 36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544

7 files changed, 22 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/engine/classes/ElggData.php b/engine/classes/ElggData.php
index 96de1bc8f..a6cf7d21f 100644
--- a/engine/classes/ElggData.php
+++ b/engine/classes/ElggData.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ abstract class ElggData implements
 			$this->attributes = array();
 		}
 
-		$this->attributes['time_created'] = '';
+		$this->attributes['time_created'] = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/engine/classes/ElggEntity.php b/engine/classes/ElggEntity.php
index 0cf3da8fa..667302c30 100644
--- a/engine/classes/ElggEntity.php
+++ b/engine/classes/ElggEntity.php
@@ -84,17 +84,17 @@ abstract class ElggEntity extends ElggData implements
 	protected function initializeAttributes() {
 		parent::initializeAttributes();
 
-		$this->attributes['guid'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['type'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['subtype'] = "";
+		$this->attributes['guid'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['type'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['subtype'] = NULL;
 
 		$this->attributes['owner_guid'] = get_loggedin_userid();
 		$this->attributes['container_guid'] = get_loggedin_userid();
 
-		$this->attributes['site_guid'] = 0;
+		$this->attributes['site_guid'] = NULL;
 		$this->attributes['access_id'] = ACCESS_PRIVATE;
-		$this->attributes['time_updated'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['last_action'] = '';
+		$this->attributes['time_updated'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['last_action'] = NULL;
 		$this->attributes['enabled'] = "yes";
 
 		// There now follows a bit of a hack
diff --git a/engine/classes/ElggExtender.php b/engine/classes/ElggExtender.php
index 78ccea395..95a4d3de3 100644
--- a/engine/classes/ElggExtender.php
+++ b/engine/classes/ElggExtender.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ abstract class ElggExtender extends ElggData
 	protected function initializeAttributes() {
 		parent::initializeAttributes();
 
-		$this->attributes['type'] = '';
+		$this->attributes['type'] = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/engine/classes/ElggGroup.php b/engine/classes/ElggGroup.php
index 71b2a37d4..448c1f7a6 100644
--- a/engine/classes/ElggGroup.php
+++ b/engine/classes/ElggGroup.php
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ class ElggGroup extends ElggEntity
 		parent::initializeAttributes();
 
 		$this->attributes['type'] = "group";
-		$this->attributes['name'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['description'] = "";
+		$this->attributes['name'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['description'] = NULL;
 		$this->attributes['tables_split'] = 2;
 	}
 
diff --git a/engine/classes/ElggObject.php b/engine/classes/ElggObject.php
index a808f4b9f..74c7be248 100644
--- a/engine/classes/ElggObject.php
+++ b/engine/classes/ElggObject.php
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ class ElggObject extends ElggEntity {
 		parent::initializeAttributes();
 
 		$this->attributes['type'] = "object";
-		$this->attributes['title'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['description'] = "";
+		$this->attributes['title'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['description'] = NULL;
 		$this->attributes['tables_split'] = 2;
 	}
 
diff --git a/engine/classes/ElggSite.php b/engine/classes/ElggSite.php
index 70ad395fe..da239f1be 100644
--- a/engine/classes/ElggSite.php
+++ b/engine/classes/ElggSite.php
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ class ElggSite extends ElggEntity {
 		parent::initializeAttributes();
 
 		$this->attributes['type'] = "site";
-		$this->attributes['name'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['description'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['url'] = "";
+		$this->attributes['name'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['description'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['url'] = NULL;
 		$this->attributes['tables_split'] = 2;
 	}
 
diff --git a/engine/classes/ElggUser.php b/engine/classes/ElggUser.php
index cb2d565fc..8f30be37e 100644
--- a/engine/classes/ElggUser.php
+++ b/engine/classes/ElggUser.php
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ class ElggUser extends ElggEntity
 		parent::initializeAttributes();
 
 		$this->attributes['type'] = "user";
-		$this->attributes['name'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['username'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['password'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['salt'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['email'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['language'] = "";
-		$this->attributes['code'] = "";
+		$this->attributes['name'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['username'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['password'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['salt'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['email'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['language'] = NULL;
+		$this->attributes['code'] = NULL;
 		$this->attributes['banned'] = "no";
 		$this->attributes['admin'] = 'no';
 		$this->attributes['tables_split'] = 2;