Re: Wierd ass code...

Thanks Rob, Satyam, I understood the error supression but never came across arrays where people were creating keys on the fly like this and incrementing them....just looked a bit weird to me. Cheers! Ryan --- Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 15:20, Ryan A wrote: > > Hey, > > Been reading some other code that I got from the > net, > > and have come across some wierd looking code, > would > > appreciate it if someone could explain it to me: > > > > $hits = array(); > > $bytes = array(); > > $blocked = array(); > > $baps = array(); > > $bapm = array(); > > > > So far so good.... then further down: > > > > // Add to the running totals > > @$hits["$username|$subnet"]++; > > @$bytes["$username|$subnet"]+=$byte; > > @$baps["$username|$subnet|$this_second"]++; > > @$bapm["$username|$subnet|$this_minute"]++; > > > > What kind of arrays are the above? I have never > seen > > nor worked with arrays like them before. > > > > If you can point me to a particular place in the > > manual or a few URLs too would be appreciated. > > It's just a normal array.. but the author is > creating keys on the fly > for which the values area being incremented. And > because there's no > error checking for the key not existing previously, > he has used the > dirty error suppression operator. BAD BAD BAD CODER! > Remember, if an > error occurs and you have a custom error handler, > your custom error > handler still gets invoked. OWWIE! > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > .------------------------------------------------------------. > | InterJinn Application Framework - > http://www.interjinn.com | > :------------------------------------------------------------: > | An application and templating framework for PHP. > Boasting | > | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system > services | > | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. > InterJinn | > | also provides an extremely flexible architecture > for | > | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. > | > `------------------------------------------------------------' > > ------ - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) ----- Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=bXVzaWNndTc%3D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com