Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #6190: Compile message for undeclared variables

rabbott@CalStateLA.edu writes: > From: rabbott@CalStateLA.edu > Operating system: NT 4 > PHP version: 4.0.0 > PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request > Bug description: Compile message for undeclared variables > > It would help a lot if the compiler would generate > an error message when attempting to access a variable > that was never used. That would sure help with > misspellings and with variable names with the "$" > left off. Use error_reporting() to set a higher error reporting level. When you attempt to access a variable which has not been defined, an error is issued at the E_NOTICE level. For instance: <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); $foo = $bar; ?> This script produces the following output: Warning: Undefined variable: bar in /home/torben/public_html/phptest/test.html on line 4 This error level will also tell you when you've accidentally left off the '$' (for those cases when it doesn't simply generate a parse error): <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); $foo = bar; ?> This script produces: Warning: Use of undefined constant bar - assumed 'bar' in /home/torben/public_html/phptest/test.html on line 4 Hope this helps, Torben -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> Netmill iTech| |http://www.coastnet.com/~torben http://www.netmill.fi| |Ph: 1 250 383-9735 torben@netmill.fi| +----------------------------------------------------------------+