[Resolved] Array problems when moving from linux to windows

HexKrak

I'm getting
Notice: Use of undefined constant business - assumed 'business' in C:\website\inkjet\includes\config.inc.php on line 17

for all of my $SESSION[] $GET[] and simple $array[]
if I add the ' around the identifier(e.g. $_GET['id']) the error goes away, however the scripts without the ' ' work on my linux server, and the paypal php tool kit comes without the ' ' default. So I'm guessing it has something to do with the php install on the server(windows 2000 iis6). I've looked thru the php.ini many times and I dont see anything wrong, but there might be some config line missing all together.
If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd appriciate it.

Thx

-HexKrak

bradgrafelman

Actually, what's happening is improper coding style. [man]Constants[/man] and [man]string[/man]s differ.

Your linux box actually experienced the same problem, though E_NOTICE was not being displayed. You have two obvious solutions to hide this error:

Remove E_NOTICE from the "error_reporting" setting.
Correct the code by using quotes to identify the indeces as strings, not constants.

HexKrak

Ok, so I added the ' ', and now I'm getting a
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\website\inkjet\includes\config.inc.php on line 47

bradgrafelman

...then show us line 47...

HexKrak

$paypal[item_name]="$POST['item_name']";
$paypal[item_number]="$POST['item_number']";

is what the code looks like all the way down the rest of the script.

bubblenut

You haven't solved the problem on the left hand side of the expressions and the right is needlessly wrapped in double quotes. The right hand sideisn't causing a problem without the single quotes because of a legacy way of displaying arrays within strings, nower days you should use the following syntax for planting array elements within string.

$string = "some stuff {$_POST['item_name']}";

However, for your case this is not necesarry as there is nothing either side of the variable. Recode as:

$paypal['item_name']=$_POST['item_name'];
$paypal['item_number']=$_POST['item_number'];

PS..
Grrr, when's someone going to write a js script to enable block editing in textareas?

HexKrak

Yeah this script is part of the paypal php builder's tools. And I have no idea why its written the way it is. Thx for the help, now I'm just getting stupid errors reported by their service, nothing php based.