(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
is_null — 
   Finds whether a variable is null
  
valueThe variable being evaluated.
   Returns true if value is null, false
   otherwise.
  
Example #1 is_null() example
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$foo = NULL;
var_dump(is_null($inexistent), is_null($foo));
?>
Notice: Undefined variable: inexistent in ... bool(true) bool(true)
null type