$base = null;
// figure out where in the DOM tree our data is hiding
- if($dom->provenance->data)
+ if (!empty($dom->provenance->data))
$base = $dom->provenance;
- elseif($dom->env->data)
+ elseif (!empty($dom->env->data))
$base = $dom->env;
- elseif($dom->data)
+ elseif (!empty($dom->data))
$base = $dom;
- if(! $base) {
+ if (empty($base)) {
logger('unable to locate salmon data in xml ');
System::httpExit(400);
}