E_NOTICE/E_STRICT/E_WARNING thrown on bad arrays initialization?
| From: | Etienne Kneuss | Date: | Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:37:32 +0000 |
| Subject: | E_NOTICE/E_STRICT/E_WARNING thrown on bad arrays initialization? | ||
| Groups: | php.internals | ||
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Hi,
As you surely know, arrays are often badly initialized:
<?php
// $array is undefined
$array['index'] = 'value';
?>
Wouldn't it be such a good thing to let the programmers know that this
is a bad habit, by throwing a +/- pedantic error ? I'm not sure which
type would suit for it, but I think its important enough to throw a
E_NOTICE.
It can be dangerous if the script is ran on an environment where
register_globals is enabled.
I wrote a paper about this kind of leak if you can't imagine an example:
http://www.colder.ch/news/09-04-2005/4/another-example-showing-t.html
Thanks for your interrest
--
Etienne Kneuss
http://www.colder.ch/
colder@php.net