On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 20:04 +0100, Stut wrote:
> On 22 Oct 2008, at 19:37, ceo@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I think we need a new error reporting constant E_STUPID.
> >
> > This should catch stupid things I do like trying to embed an array
> > into a string such as:
> >
> > $foo = array('a', 'b', 'c');
> > $query = "select * from foo where foo in ('$foo')";
> >
> > It's been one of those days...
>
> I've had a great day, but then I'm on leave this week ;)
>
> I don't think you're far wrong with this one. I really think trying to
> use an array as a string should raise a warning. It's easily done and
> having it spit out "Array" is less than helpful. I think the same
> should be true of resources except that you should be able to force a
> resource to a string with an explicit cast. Loose typing is great but
> there are some conversions that never really make sense.
>
> -Stut
>
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I quite like the way that Javascript handles this sort of thing. If you
use an array in a string, it just spits out all the values in a
comma-delimited list, which is quite convenient sometimes.
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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