SV: [PHP-WIN] should i be concerned about these "Use of undefinedconstant xxxx - assumed 'xxx'..." notice warnings???

I would guess that the cause of the notice is the reference to an array like $foo[csuh_tag] instead of the correct $foo['csuh_tag']. If you like to keep your code clean, you should correct these minor details. regards Henrik Hornemann > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Per Lundberg [mailto:per@nobolt.com] > Sendt: 29. april 2003 09:14 > Til: Leo G. Divingracia III > Cc: php-windows@lists.php.net > Emne: Re: [PHP-WIN] should i be concerned about these "Use of > undefinedconstant xxxx - assumed 'xxx'..." notice warnings??? > > > On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 06:00, Leo G. Divingracia III wrote: > > i'm getting these "notices": > > > > Use of undefined constant csuh_tag - assumed 'csuh_tag' in > > c:\foxserv\www\inventory\test3.php on line 20 > > > > they work and all, but i want to run clean and true PHP > code. should i > > worry? or just let it go? the stuff works... > > Your intentions are good, and pure code should never output > warnings or > errors. > > This specific warning is probably caused by the very common mistake of > doing like this: > > define(csuh_tag, 20); > print csuh_tag; > > The problem is that in the first line, you are using an undefined > constant - namely csuh_tag. It is not defined, and it is not > technically a string. The correct way to write it is like this: > > define('csuh_tag', 20); > print csuh_tag; > > This code will not generate any warnings. This mistake is a > very common > cause for programming errors (especially with people who are not so > familiar with programming) so the PHP developers decided do > implement a > "hack" which means that a constant that has not been defined will have > the value of the name... to make the code work as the user expected. > Personally, I believe this is a very bad feature and it would > have been > much better to spit out a compile error so that it would be > obvious that > the construct is invalid. But then again, I am a bit more > strict in my > thinking than most of the PHP developers... > > Hope this helps. > -- > Best regards, > > Per Lundberg / Capio ApS > Phone: +46-18-4186040 > Fax: +46-18-4186049 > Web: http://www.nobolt.com >