Re: Troubles from the newb again

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On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 16:39 +1100, Ryan Fielding wrote:
> Robert Cummings wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 15:31 +1030, Jeff Taylor wrote:
> >   
> >> Hey everyone,
> >> Newb back again - Im trying to populate my arrays, but getting this error
> >> again:
> >> Warning: Illegal offset type in
> >>     
> >
> > This usually means that you are using a non-scalar value as an index.
> > Use var_dump( $array ) to see what's in there. You will probably find
> > one of the following: an array, and object, or the null value.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rob.
> >   
> A good habit to get into is always using if(is_array()) when using foreach.

Sure, if you don't know what is in the array and are quite happy to
waste cycles calling a function on every single value :( ... In other
words... HELL NO! You shouldn't have to filter your data if it should
already be in an expected format. If it isn't in the expected format
then you have a bug -- fix the bug instead of "handling" it within every
foreach loop that touches the data.

Cheers,
Rob.
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