[FX.php List] php 5 problems: I have tried to copy my existing scripts to php5 enabled servers

Mon Mar 5 13:11:55 MST 2007

Those look normal to me...

ggt667

On 3/5/07, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com> wrote:
> I have no problems with multi-level arrays in $_SESSION. I think your
> problem is related to whether those $_SESSION values, nested or
> otherwise, are actually set when you try to evaluate them in your if
> statement. What happens when you print_r($_SESSION) above that if
> statement?
>
> Dale
>
> PS I also have big trouble with PHP 5 if I use <? to start a block of
> PHP code instead of <?php.
>
> On Mar 5, 2007, at 11:11 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>
> > Hmm I run into this problem with my login check that is something
> > like this:
> >
> > <?
> > session_start();
> > include_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/projectkey.php");
> > if( $_SESSION[$projectKey]['user']['idSavedString'] != sha1(
> > $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . '/' .
> > $_SESSION[$projectKey]['shipowner']['id'] ) ) {
> >        header( "Location: /" );
> >        exit;
> > }
> >
> > as you see there is 2 or more nested arrays in my _SESSION vars,
> > and that seems to be a problem with php5; part of the known stack
> > problem perhaps?
> >
> > ggt667
> >
> > On 3/5/07, Carl Anderson <Carl.Anderson at asu.edu> wrote:
> >> Error, or warn?  I'm using it now, and I believe we're running 5
> >> in-house,
> >> but I haven't seen anything bomb.
> >>
> >> (Mind you, most of what my $var happens to be is $_POST stuff
> >> anyhow, so
> >> it's pretty well guaranteed to be set, by me.)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Carl Anderson
> >> Technical Support Analyst
> >> Distance Learning
> >> Herberger College of Fine Arts
> >> Arizona State University
> >> http://herbergeronline.asu.edu
> >>
> >>
> >> > From: Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com>
> >> > Reply-To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
> >> > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:21:22 -0600
> >> > To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [FX.php List] php 5 problems: I have tried to copy
> >> my existing
> >> > scripts to php5 enabled servers
> >> >
> >> > However...
> >> >
> >> > $var = trim($var);
> >> >
> >> > ...will error under PHP 5 if $var is not set.
> >> >
> >> > Dale
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mar 5, 2007, at 9:57 AM, Carl Anderson wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Regarding isset() ...  Try empty($var) instead.  It returns false
> >> >> when you'd
> >> >> expect it to (for the most part), even when the variable exists.
> >> >>
> >> >> What I'll often do is something like this, just to be safe:
> >> >>
> >> >> $var = trim($var);
> >> >> if ( empty($var) ) {
> >> >>     // do something if $var is empty
> >> >>     ...
> >> >> }
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Carl Anderson
> >> >> Technical Support Analyst
> >> >> Distance Learning
> >> >> Herberger College of Fine Arts
> >> >> Arizona State University
> >> >> http://herbergeronline.asu.edu
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>> From: Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>
> >> >>> Reply-To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
> >> >>> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 09:48:44 -0600
> >> >>> To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
> >> >>> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] php 5 problems: I have tried to
> >> copy my
> >> >>> existing
> >> >>> scripts to php5 enabled servers
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I've always tested to make sure that not only is there a session
> >> >>> variable by that name, but also that it's not empty, by using
> >> >>>
> >> >>> if(strlen($_SESSION['myvar'])>0)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Probably an easier way, but it works fine for me so that's how
> >> I've
> >> >>> been doing it...
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I used to use isset, but sometimes I found that a variable was
> >> there,
> >> >>> but there was nothing in it...
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Bob Patin
> >> >>> Longterm Solutions
> >> >>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
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> >> >>>
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> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Mar 5, 2007, at 9:00 AM, Dale Bengston wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> With PHP 4, I used to do a lot of evaluations like
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> if ($_SESSION['whatever'])
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> ...using the presence or absence of a variable to decide action.
> >> >>>> PHP 5 requires more explicit references, like
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> if (isset($_SESSION['whatever']))
> >> >>>> if (!empty($_SESSION['whatever']))
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> ...so I can't be sloppy any more. Maybe you're running into
> >> this?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Dale
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On Mar 5, 2007, at 6:30 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> php 5 problems: I have tried to copy my existing scripts to
> >> php5
> >> >>>>> enabled servers
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> It has problems, especially with ifs while traversing arrays in
> >> >>>>> _REQUEST and _SESSION
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> anyone else encountered this?
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> ggt667
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