Why do I need the isset() function in php?

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Published on 2010-03-17T06:36:21Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 6:41 UTC
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I am trying to understand the difference between this:

if (isset($_POST['Submit'])) { 
  //do something
}

and

if ($_POST['Submit']) { 
  //do something
}

It seems to me that if the $_POST['Submit'] variable is true, then it is set. Why would I need the isset() function in this case?

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