Cannot use a scalar value as an array

OhLordy

I'm using multi dimentional arrays to store a large number of different data elements being drawn from a large table and on some of the lines where I'm setting these I'm getting "Cannot use scalar value as an array" errors. I thought to add more fields (even extra dimentions) you could just add them on the end.
Couldsomeone please tell me why I keep getting these errors and how I can work around them?
Thank you
Rob

adamgeorge

Post the section of code that is throwing this error. That will help us help you 🙂

cya man,
-Adam 🙂

OhLordy

$get_products[$i]['image_description']['details']=$get_products[$i][strtolower($get_products[$i]['short_name']).'_name'].$image_descrition_standard_e

this is one of the lines

adamgeorge

$get_products[$i]['image_description']['details']=
$get_products[$i][strtolower($get_products[$i]['sh
ort_name']).'_name'].$image_descrition_standard_e

Ok, what you are doing there is illegally making a call to the strtolower function. You can't call a function inside the array syntax like that.

You will have to first assign it to a seperate variable, and then pass that in.

Eg:

$aGetProductsLower = strtolower($get_products[$i]['sh
ort_name']);

$get_products[$i]['image_description']['details']=
$get_products[$i][$aGetProductsLower .'_name'].$image_descrition_standard_e

that should work. cya man

-Adam 🙂