Bug #14296 Updated: Undeclared variables and isset()

ID: 14296 User updated by: v.puttrich@digitalliquid.de Reported By: v.puttrich@digitalliquid.de Status: Bogus Bug Type: Variables related Operating System: Win2k PHP Version: 4.0.6 New Comment: What was the default in "php.ini-dist" for version 4.0.5? I always leave the error_reporting in the ini file as it is. The reason for that is, I want the same behaviour of PHP on all servers I use. I didn't know that i can't rely on the default setting. my error_reporting is set to E_ALL. Thanks for the hint Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-11-30 12:28:50] sniper@php.net Not a bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-11-30 04:36:45] hholzgra@php.net looks like you have set error_reporting to E_ALL while you had E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE before? maybe by using php.ini-recommended as template for php.ini with 4.0.6 while using php.ini-dist for the former versions? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-11-30 04:15:44] v.puttrich@digitalliquid.de SYSTEM: I use PHP 4.0.6 on Win2k pro with Apache 1.3.22 win Loaded modules don't seem to make a difference for the described behaviour. DESCRIPION: Let's say we have a PHP script, the retrieves some variables via HTTP post or get. And the variables, passed to the script, have different names each time. Usually we would use "isset($variable)" to check if it exists. In most cases we need to check the content of the variable too. So it would be nice to do that in one step. The script of the following examples retrieved $var1 or $var or both of them via HTTP. EXAMPLE 1: // This would be the usual way i guess if(isset($var1)){ ... } if(isset($var2)){ ... } EXAMPLE 2: // This has been possible with PHP 3.xx - 4.0.5 // without previously checking for existence // of $var1/$var2 if($var1 == "something"){ ... } if($var2 == "anything"){ ... } EXAMPLE 3: // With PHP 4.0.6 we would have to do this: if(!isset($var1)){ // is NOT declared? $var1 = ""; } if(!isset($var2)){ // is NOT declared? $var2 = ""; } // first we had to declare them, now we can use them if($var1 == "something"){ ... } if($var2 == "anything"){ ... } I wonder if this new behaviour is a bug or a feature? Or why can't I find info about it in the changes list if it's a feature? Please send your answer to: v.puttrich@digitalliquid.de Thank you! Volker Puttrich ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14296&edit=1