Re: [PATCH] Notice on array to string convertion

From: Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:50:39 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Notice on array to string convertion
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Am 02.06.2011 16:24, schrieb Marcel Esser: > I am not convinced that making this an error is a good idea. > > If I receive a $_GET/$_POST value that I expect to be a string value, but I actually received > an array, this would > mean I need to now explicitly check for it, since it will stop the runtime otherwise. so fix your code jesus christ what do you do if you expect a string and get an array? nothing useful! you can get this only by define name="multi[]" in a form and so if you define there post an array you should not expect a string in the code, this is exactly a sample where a fatal error should be thworn to force peopole not writing crappy code which floods my error-logs if anybody out there means to put a self-written script on our servers with E_ALL | E_STRICT which are running in this mode since years would this be an error the blind developers would see them even on their development-machines

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