hi can someone tell me what does this mean?

if(isset($_POST["userid"])){

It's right as said by davy_yg,

    if(isset($_POST["userid"])){

The above code is used to determine if a variable is set and is not NULL.

if(isset($_POST["userid"])){

this is used to check whether userid variable is used or not, and whether it has some value or not.

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