Check an empty component

[marcotls]

Hi guys!
I'm developing 3 new free responsive html5 themes for Get simple.
I'll post them soon.

By the way, here's my question.
I need to check if a given component is empty or not.

If it is not empty, the template shows some code and the component itself, if it is empy, it won't.

I've tried using

Code:

<?php
if (get_component('something'){ ... }
?>

but the function does not work (it prints out the content, since the function get_component doesn't return a value, but prints it out directly).

Any ideas please?

Thank you guys!
Marco