More sensible detection of empty widget submissions. Still does not address the fact that select lists and checkboxes may not appear in the POST at all when they are empty in the HTML form

functions/options.php

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class SquirrelOption {
 
         /* Check for a new value. */
         if ( !sqgetGlobalVar("new_$name", $this->new_value, SQ_POST ) ) {
-            $this->new_value = '';
+            $this->new_value = NULL;
         }
 
         /* Set the default save function. */
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class SquirrelOption {
         global $color;
 
         // Use new value if available
-        if (!empty($this->new_value)) {
+        if (!is_null($this->new_value)) {
             $tempValue = $this->value;
             $this->value = $this->new_value;
         }
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class SquirrelOption {
         $result .= $this->post_script;
 
         // put correct value back if need be
-        if (!empty($this->new_value)) {
+        if (!is_null($this->new_value)) {
             $this->value = $tempValue;
         }