[SOLVED] A really bad hair day

[Kryllster]

I have been looking since I lost all my stuff from hard drive crash I dont understand why this code isnt working any more

 

<?php
// Show Header View
include('page/header_view.php');

// navigation
// Show Header View
include('page/navigation_view.php');

//Setup the url var we are looking for to control page display
$show = $_GET['show']; 

switch($show){
  case 'johnpeggy':
  include('page/johnpeggy_view.php');
  break;
  case 'contact':
  include('page/contact_view.php');
  break;
  case 'downloads':
  include('page/downloads_view.php');
  break;
  case 'news':
  include('news/news_view.php');
  break;
  case 'chat':
  include('page/chat_view.php');
  break;
  case 'main':
  default:
  include('page/main_view.php');
  break;
}
include('page/footer_view.php');
?>

 

I get this error :Notice: Undefined index: show in C:\Apache2\htdocs\index.php on line 10

I just don't understand, today has not been my day!!

Thanks

[JasonLewis]

Instead of just declaring it, you should do it like this:

 

if(!isset($_GET['show'])){
//There is no ?show= in the url, set it as a default
$show = "johnpeggy";
}else{
//?show= is present
$show = $_GET['show']; 
}

 

Or you can show all errors except NOTICE's:

error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

[MasterACE14]

but your better off doing the first one Project Fear mentioned 

[JasonLewis]

Of course.

[Kryllster]

I have never had to do this before what has changed I don't understand. I tried another version of the isset but it didn't work but this worked.

 

Thanks for the replies!

[JasonLewis]

Maybe before your php.ini settings were different. Error reporting may have been set to not have notices shown. But it's best to show errors when developing scripts.