$array['var'] vs $array[var]

[alin19]

what should i change in php.ini to work bouth of the codes :

 

echo $array['var'];

echo  $array[var];

[Mark Baker]

Nothing to change in php.ini

 

echo $array['var']; should always work, as long as $array['var'] exists.

 

echo  $array[var]; will give you a warning unless you have a constant called var. If you don't, it will assume that you meant 'var' instead, and act accordingly; but it still generates the warning to let you know you've done something wrong.

 

[printf]

As Mark Baker pointed out, it better to fix the errors because disabling NOTICES can effect other problems especially if you have registered globals on. But if you must disable the notice so you can use [var] or ['var'], then...

 

// in your script..

error_reporting ( E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE );


// or php.ini

error_reporting = E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE

[coder_]

in other words, if you wont to write a good code, in this case write

$array['var'];

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Must be a homework question - http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,238023.0.html

 

The answer is - you don't change anything in your php.ini to fix code that is using the second form (without quotes), you fix your code to use the correct syntax.

[Daniel0]

I wish PHP would stop making it an implicit string. Then people would finally do it correctly.