[Resolved] fatal error

[chriswheat]

Hello,

This is strange the webhosting company I use has a dev server and a "production server" they supposedly are configured exactly the same. However on the dev server everything works fine on the production server i get this error:

Fatal error: [] operator not supported for strings in /home/vdomains/prod-backup/account/html/sales/order.php on line 36

Here is the code on line 36:
$seats[] = $seat;

I don't get it, is this my problem our my hosting company's problem?

[LordShryku]

Sounds like a bit of both. What versions of PHP are these servers running?

How big is the complete script? Do you mind posting it? I've seen this error pop up occasionaly, and it's usually a scripting error. I'm thinking their php version would need to be very old to not support $blah[] array adding.

[chriswheat]

the version of the dev server is:
4.3.2

The production server is supposedly the same? I am waiting to here back from them.

here is the code:

<?php
if ($accessallowed == "yes"){
$_SESSION["tkts"] = $_POST['tkts'];
$promocode = $_POST['promocode'];
if ($promocode){
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM baseball_promo WHERE code='$promocode'");
if(mysql_num_rows($sql) > 0) {
$validpromo = "yes";
$result = mysql_fetch_array($sql);
$markup = $result["markup"];
$_SESSION["markup"] = $markup;
$_SESSION["validpromo"] = $validpromo;
$_SESSION["promocode"] = $promocode;
} else { 
print "<center><br>Sorry the promo code used:$promocode is invalid</center><br>"; 
$promocode = "";
}

}
if ($tkts){
$subtotal = "0";
$regprice = "0";
print "
<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\">
  <tr>
    <td width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">Please confirm your order and choose a method of delivery.</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<img src=\"img/baseline.png\">
<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">";
foreach ($tkts as $i => $value) {
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM baseball_tkts WHERE tkt_id='$tkts[$i]'");
$result = mysql_fetch_array($sql);
extract($result);
$seats[] = $seat;
if ($validpromo == "yes"){
$saleprice = $netprice + $markup;
$upsfee = "5";
} else if ($netprice > "37"){
$saleprice = $netprice + 15;
$upsfee = "10";
} else {
$saleprice = $netprice + 12;
$upsfee = "10";
}
$subtotal = $subtotal + $saleprice;
//$regprice = $regprice + $netprice;
echo "<tr>
    <td>Section: $section</td>
    <td>Row: $row</td>
    <td>Seat: $seat</td>
    <td align=\"right\">Price: $$saleprice</td>
  </tr>";
}
$_SESSION["seats"] = $seats;
print "<tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td align=\"right\"><b>Sub total: $$subtotal</b></td>
  </tr>
</table>";
?>
<img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="18" border="0"><br>

	<!-- area for current promotions -->
	<img src="img/delivery.png" width="424" height="21" alt="Delivery Options" border="0"><br>
	<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
		<tr valign="top">
			<td width="13" bgcolor="#E6B7A8"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="13" height="6" border="0"></td>
			<td width="1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="6" border="0"></td><b></b>
			<td width="7" bgcolor="#F7E8E4"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="7" height="6" border="0"></td>
			<td width="165" bgcolor="#F7E8E4"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="165" height="6" border="0"><br>
			<b>UPS 2nd Day Delivery</b><br>
			Get your package delivered to your door via UPS second day delivery.<br>

<?PHP
$grandtotal = $subtotal + $upsfee;
print "
<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">
  <tr>
    <td align=\"right\" valign=\"middle\">UPS fee: $$upsfee</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align=\"right\" valign=\"middle\"><b>Package Total: $$grandtotal</b></td>
  </tr>
</table>";
?>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="<?php print"$https"; ?>?mode=checkout&agent=<?php print"$agent"; ?>">
  <input name="ups" type="hidden" id="ups" value="true">
   <input name="grandtotal" type="hidden" id="grandtotal" value="<?php print"$grandtotal"; ?>">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Check Out">
</form>				
				</td>
				<td width="10" bgcolor="#F7E8E4"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="6" border="0"></td>
				<td width="13" bgcolor="#E6B7A8"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="13" height="6" border="0"></td>
				<td width="7" bgcolor="#F7E8E4"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="7" height="6" border="0"></td>
				<td width="174" bgcolor="#F7E8E4"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="174" height="6" border="0"><br>
				<b>Will Call</b><br>Pick your package up at our Seattle office any time Monday - Friday from 8:30AM to 5:30PM.<br><a HREF="Javascript:Seating('seattle.html');">Click here for directions</a>
<?PHP
$grandtotal = $subtotal;
print "<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">
  <tr>
    <td align=\"right\" valign=\"middle\"><b>Package Total: $$grandtotal</b></td>
  </tr>
</table>";

?>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="<?php print"$https"; ?>?mode=checkout&agent=<?php print"$agent"; ?>">
  <input name="ups" type="hidden" id="ups" value="false">
   <input name="grandtotal" type="hidden" id="grandtotal" value="<?php print"$grandtotal"; ?>">
     <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Check Out">
</form>		
	</td>
				<td width="10" bgcolor="#F7E8E4"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="6" border="0"></td>
			</tr>


		<tr>
			<td colspan="9"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="9" bgcolor="#BAC2CB"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td>
		</tr>
	</table>

<?PHP
}else{ print "Please use your browsers back button and select your seat"; }
}else {
?> 
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>403 Forbidden</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Forbidden</h1>
<p>You don't have permission to access this file</p>
<hr />
</body></html>
<?PHP
}
?>

I don't grasp why it would work on one server and not the other.

Many thanks
Chris.

[drew010]

i too do not understand why it works on one and not the other but i think you should try this:
$seats = array();
$seats[] = $seat;

my guess is, since $seats wasnt yet declared, it is looking at the right operand ($seat) and seeing that it is a string, so it is making $seats a string, and then strings dont support dynamic insertion with the array access operator []. maybe it just has to do with error reporting on the production server versus the dev server. give that a shot and see what happens.
usually in my experience, dev servers have error reporting to E_ALL while production servers try to hide as many errors to prevent disclosure of directories and/or files as well as and unprofessional look of parse errors and warnings.

[chriswheat]

I am still waiting to here from the hosting company, however it magicly starting working agian without me changing code. (go figure)

Thank you for looking the code! I will add your peice, just to be safe.

As always thanks!

Chris

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by chriswheat
I am still waiting to here from the hosting company,

Why wait when you can use phpinfo() 🙂?