E_NOTICE/E_STRICT/E_WARNING thrown on bad arrays initialization?

From: Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:37:32 +0000
Subject: E_NOTICE/E_STRICT/E_WARNING thrown on bad arrays initialization?
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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

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