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great stuff, really helped me out when getting this error with my session – thanks!

hi,

I got the same fatal error on this line;-
$eta_array = explode(“-”, $this->servicesTimeintransit[$type]["date"]);

Do you know what is wrong with this line?
i added $eta_array =array() before the line above still no difference

Hi frank,

Thanks. Actually its the error happens after PHP4 upgrade to PHP5. I think the matrix does exist as it work in PHP4 but not PHP5.

How do I email you more on the code snippets?

Hi Frank,

“Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array”
appears in the code. Happened on this line $eta_array = explode(“-”, $this->servicesTimeintransit[$type]["date"]);

More code snippets below:-

$methods = array();
for ($i=0; $i servicesTimeintransit[$type])) {

$eta_array = explode(“-”, $this->servicesTimeintransit[$type]["date"]);
$months = array (” “, “January”, “February”, “March”, “April”, “May”, “June”, “July”, “August”, “September”, “October”, “November”, “December”);
$eta_arrival_date = $months[(int)$eta_array[1]].” “.$eta_array[2].”, “.$eta_array[0];
$_type .= “, ETA: “.$eta_arrival_date;
}
// END of doing things differently:

$methods[] = array(‘id’ => $type, ‘title’ => $_type, ‘cost’ => ($this->handling_fee + $cost));
}
}

Hi frank,

I am not too sure how to solve this as this code is not written by me. This code is from UPSXML.

So what should I replace the line of code with to eliminate error?

I forgot to answer your question. I don’t know what you should replace the For loop declaration with as I don’t know the proper logic the author was intending. The current declaration posted

for ($i=0; $i servicesTimeintransit[$type])) {

does not give me any indication.

I think someone has made a change to your code and you should find a backup copy to compare what has been change. Then move forward in debugging any further errors.

I hope that helps.

You would have errors pointing to Curl if that was the issue.

thank you for explanation

ramzi,

Something must have if it was working before and now you are getting an error. Changing from one version of php to another might have different results in how implicit declarations happen also. I am not sure how each version handles it as I have not done full research into that, but I’m sure you can Google it.

One thing you can do debug your problem is to make sure
$fMemb[ login ][ 0 ]
$fMemb[ id ]
are both set and are also strings. It is hard to tell from just looking at the code as we cannot see what those array elements hold at the time of the error. If you can post the echos of those array elements to show the strings values, then it would help in determining the problem of you situation.

sshah,

It looks like your array was not constructed properly. First, you need commas between array elements. Second, you need to use single quotes around the element index instead of brackets [ ].

Also, the single quotes you have in the format parameter of printf are not the conventional single quotes. I am not sure if that would cause a problem too. It is worth sticking with convention for simplification.

Below is the fixed code to form your array.
———————————-
$parts = Array
(
Array
(
‘Part’ => Array
(
‘unit_price’ => 9500.000000,
‘id’ => 0500-0300
),

‘QuoteLine’ => Array
(
)

)

);

printf(‘%01.2f’, $parts[0]['Part']['unit_price']);
———————————-

Hope that helps.

Thank you. This was a fast help for me.

This helped at the time I needed. It has saved me precious hours. thank you very much

Thanks very much. Perfect answer

Hi,
I am also getting the error as “Cannot use a string as an offset array”

I am using PHP 5.

$FQL = “SELECT name, pic, uid FROM user where uid in (select uid2 from friend where uid1 = $hostid)”;
$result_set = $facebook->api_client->fql_query($FQL);

for($i=0;$i<$count;$i++)
{
$frid[]=$result_set[$i]['uid'];
$frname[]=$result_set[$i]['name'];
$frimg[]=$result_set[$i]['pic'];
}
What’s wrong in this code?

$count is my friends count. It’s declared in my code.

$count=sizeof($friends); // It’s coming as 9.

Frank, need quick help on this.

hey frank!
i think i need your help, please

i’m getting that same error and have no idea what i did wrong… check it out:

foreach ($content[$main_section_id] as $feature_key => $feature_value) {
echo("\n");
//var_dump(is_int($feature_key));
if($main_section_id == 'wasn')
echo($feature_value);
elseif($main_section_id == 'gd') {
echo("\n");
echo("\n");
echo("
stepcarousel.setup({
galleryid: 'gallery$feature_key',
beltclass: 'belt',
panelclass: 'panel',
panelbehavior: {speed:500, wraparound:true, persist:false},
defaultbuttons: {enable: true, moveby: 1, leftnav: ['arrowl.gif', 0, 0], rightnav: ['arrowr.gif', 0, 0]},
statusvars: ['reportA', 'reportB', 'reportC'],
contenttype: ['inline'],
onpanelclick: function(target){
if (target.tagName=='IMG' && target.parentNode.tagName=='A'){
$.ajax({
url: '../js/gallery.php',
data: 'tab=ILLUSTRATIONS',
success: function(html){
$('.preview').html(html);
}
});
return false;
}
}
})

\n");

foreach ($content[$main_section_id][$feature_key] as $content) {
echo("$content\n");
}
echo("\n");
echo("\n");

echo("");

}

now, i’m getting the error at the second ‘foreach’ loop:
foreach ($content[$main_section_id][$feature_key] as $content)

i’m setting the arrays up in a separate file, which looks a bit like this:

$data['main_section_ids'] = array("wasn", "gd", "wd", "c");

$data['menu_items']['wasn'] = array('Welcome', 'About', 'Services', 'News');
$data['menu_items']['gd'] = array('Illustrations', 'Editing', 'Logos');
//$data['menu_items']['wd'] = null;

$data['content']['wasn'][] = 'WELCOME';
$data['content']['wasn'][] = 'ABOUT';
$data['content']['wasn'][] = 'SERVICE';
$data['content']['wasn'][] = 'NEWS';

$data['content']['gd'][] = array('"', 'THINGS', 'OTHER THINGS', 'MORE STUFF');
$data['content']['gd'][] = array('other things', 'more of the same');
$data['content']['gd'][] = array('"', 'THINGS', 'OTHER THINGS', 'MORE STUFF');

i’ve tried to explicitly enter integer keys myself but it doesn’t help… the weird thing is, that it loops through that second foreach (the one that give me the error) once but throws the error on the second try. it should loop thrice.

any ideas!?

thanks for your time!!!

oohhhh, noooo!

thanks, man!!!

something about trees and forests comes to mind

really appreciate it! thank you very much!

i tried and it works perfectly but it takes very long time.

Ah man I don’t know what happened. Here is the code:

$v) {
$orderbydate[$v[0]['post_date']][$k] = $v;
}

krsort($orderbydate);
foreach ($orderbydate as $k => $v) {
ksort($orderbydate[$k], SORT_STRING);
}
}

Hi Frank,

You seem to really enjoy helping people with challenges so I thought I’d throw out mine…

Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in [...] on line 18

Line 18: $l = $a["media"][0]["href"];

$l has not been declared to this point and $a["media"][0]["href"] is checked to be sure it is populated.

Hey…

I did a search on Google, and up came your “Tech Blog” searching for:
“Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in”

Im not a programmer, so please explain in normal language what the error might cause… I get an error within the lines 237 – 242 saying (and once 127):
i.e. : Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in (…filepath)… on line 238

If I comment out the line 238, it just complain about the next line, …and so on..

——> Code starts here <———–

session_begin();
$auth->acl($user->data);
$user->setup();
$user->add_lang(array(‘common’, ‘ucp’, ‘mods/fbconnect’));

// MOD Disabled? Let’s tell so!
if(trim($config['fbconnect_apikey']) == “”)
{
trigger_error(‘Facebook Connect er ikke aktivert. Du kan desverre ikke besøke denne siden.’);
}
// echo ” “; // We don’t like 500 Server Internal Error, do we?!

// Facebook API stuff
$facebook = new Facebook($config['fbconnect_apikey'], $config['fbconnect_appsecret']);
try {
$user_id = $facebook->require_login();
}catch(FacebookRestClientException $e)
{
trigger_error(‘Et problem oppsto når vi forsøkte å kontakte Facebook. Vennligst prøv igjen…’);
}
$fbid = $user_id;

// First time registration – handle registration!
if(isset($_POST['reg']))
{
if(request_var(‘linktype’,”) == “exist”)
{
if($config['fbconnect_autolang'] == 1)
{
try {
$uinfo = $facebook->api_client->users_getInfo($user_id, ‘last_name, first_name, pic_square, profile_url, locale’);
}catch(FacebookRestClientException $e)
{
trigger_error(‘Et problem oppsto når vi forsøkte å kontakte Facebook. Vennligst prøv igjen…’);
}
$user->lang_name = get_valid_lang($uinfo[0]['locale']);
$user->add_lang(array(‘common’,'mods/fbconnect’));
}
login_box(‘fbconnect.php?exist=1&fbid=’.$user_id,$user->lang['FBCONNECT_IDENTIFY'],”,false,false);
}else{
try {
$uinfo = $facebook->api_client->users_getInfo($user_id, ‘last_name, first_name, ‘.$config['fbconnect_avatartype'].’, profile_url, timezone, proxied_email, current_location, interests, profile_blurb, birthday_date, locale’);
}catch(FacebookRestClientException $e)
{
trigger_error(‘Et problem oppsto når vi forsøkte å kontakte Facebook. Vennligst prøv igjen…’);
}
//print_r($uinfo);die();
if($config['fbconnect_autolang'] == 1)
{
$user->lang_name = get_valid_lang($uinfo[0]['locale']);
$user->add_lang(array(‘common’,'ucp’,'mods/fbconnect’));
}
$validinfo = validate_username(request_var(‘username’,”));

if($config['fbconnect_askpassword'] == 1)
{
$pwvalidinfo = validate_password(request_var(‘password’,”));
if($pwvalidinfo == false)
{
$pwvalidinfo = validate_string(request_var(‘password’,”), false, $config['min_pass_chars'], $config['max_pass_chars']);
}
}else{
$pwvalidinfo = false;
}

if($validinfo != false || $pwvalidinfo != false)
{
// An username error occured!
$error = ($validinfo!=false) ? $user->lang[$validinfo.'_USERNAME'] : “”;
$pwerr = (empty($user->lang[$pwvalidinfo . '_PASSWORD'])) ? $pwvalidinfo : $pwvalidinfo . ‘_PASSWORD’;
$pwerror = ($pwvalidinfo!=false) ? $user->lang[$pwerr] : “”;

$template->assign_vars(array(
‘FBNAME’ => $uinfo[0]['first_name'] . ” ” . $uinfo[0]['last_name'],
‘FBPIC_URL’ => $uinfo[0]['pic_square'],
‘ERROR’ => $error,
‘PWERROR’ => $pwerror,
‘SUGGESTED_USERNAME’ => request_var(‘username’,”),
‘ASK_PASSWORD’ => ($config['fbconnect_askpassword'] == 0) ? false : true
));

page_header(“Facebook Connect”);

$template->set_filenames(array(
‘body’ => ‘fbconnect_body.html’)
);
//make_jumpbox(append_sid(“{$phpbb_root_path}viewforum.$phpEx”));

page_footer();
}

if($config['fbconnect_askpassword'] == 1)
{
$password = request_var(‘password’, ”);
}else{
$password = time() . $user_id;
}
$user_row = array(
‘username’ => utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var(‘username’, ”, true)),
‘user_password’ => phpbb_hash($password),
‘user_email’ => $uinfo[0]['proxied_email'],
‘group_id’ => $config['fbconnect_usergroup'],
‘user_timezone’ => (float) $uinfo[0]['timezone'],
‘user_dst’ => 0,
‘user_lang’ => get_valid_lang($uinfo[0]['locale']),
‘user_type’ => USER_NORMAL,
‘user_actkey’ => ”,
‘user_ip’ => $user->ip,
‘user_regdate’ => time(),
‘user_inactive_reason’ => 0,
‘user_inactive_time’ => 0,
‘user_allow_viewemail’ => 0,
);

// custom profile fields, let’s say there are none!
$cp_data = array();
$user_id=0;
$user_id = user_add($user_row, $cp_data); // Add user
if($user_id>0)
{
link_user($user_id, $fbid, intval($config['fbconnect_askpassword'])); // Link user
}

// Add friends
try {
$friends = $facebook->api_client->friends_get();
}catch(FacebookRestClientException $e)
{
trigger_error(‘Et problem oppsto når vi forsøkte å kontakte Facebook. Vennligst prøv igjen…’);
}

if(is_array($friends))
{
connect_friends($user_id, $friends);
}

$result = $user->session_create($user_id, 0, 0, 1);

header(“Location: index.php”);
}
}elseif(isset($_GET['exist'])){
// Link an existing user!
link_user($user->data['user_id'], $fbid, 1); // Link user

// Add friends
try {
$friends = $facebook->api_client->friends_get();
}catch(FacebookRestClientException $e)
{
trigger_error(‘Et problem oppsto når vi forsøkte å kontakte Facebook. Vennligst prøv igjen…’);
}
if(is_array($friends))
{
connect_friends($user->data['user_id'], $friends);
}

// Add to user group if necessary
add_exist_group($user->data['user_id']);

trigger_error($user->lang['FBCONNECT_COMPLETE']);
}else{

$sql = ‘SELECT user_id
FROM ‘ . FBIDS_TABLE . ”
WHERE fb_id = ‘” . $db->sql_escape($user_id) . “‘”;
$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
$db->sql_freeresult($result);

if ($row) // User is registered already, let’s log him in!
{
// Don’t allow banned users to log in, obviously!
if($user->check_ban($row['user_id']))
{
trigger_error(‘You are banned.’);
}

$persist_login = false;
$viewonline = true;

if(isset($_GET['autologin']))
{
$persist_login = true;
}

if(isset($_GET['viewonline']))
{
$viewonline = false;
}

$result = $user->session_create($row['user_id'], 0, $persist_login, $viewonline);

if(isset($_GET['redir']))
{
header(“Location: “.$_GET['redir']);
}else{
header(“Location: index.php”);
}
}else{ // First time log in, ask for an username!
try {
$uinfo = $facebook->api_client->users_getInfo($user_id, ‘last_name, first_name, pic_square, profile_url, locale’);
}catch(FacebookRestClientException $e)
{
trigger_error(‘Et problem oppsto når vi forsøkte å kontakte Facebook. Vennligst prøv igjen…’);
}
if($config['fbconnect_autolang'] == 1)
{
$user->lang_name = get_valid_lang($uinfo[0]['locale']);
$user->add_lang(array(‘common’,'mods/fbconnect’));
}
$template->assign_vars(array(
‘FBNAME’ => $uinfo[0]['first_name'] . ” ” . $uinfo[0]['last_name'],
‘FBPIC_URL’ => $uinfo[0]['pic_square'],
‘SUGGESTED_USERNAME’ => (strstr($uinfo[0]['profile_url'],”.php”)) ? “” : substr($uinfo[0]['profile_url'],24),
‘ASK_PASSWORD’ => ($config['fbconnect_askpassword'] == 0) ? false : true
));

page_header(“Facebook Registration”);

$template->set_filenames(array(
‘body’ => ‘fbconnect_body.html’)
);
//make_jumpbox(append_sid(“{$phpbb_root_path}viewforum.$phpEx”));

page_footer();
}
}
?>

—–>code end<——–

Thank you for any help provided!!!

Hi frank!

Looking for this error in google i found your web site and when i see your solution i was glad because it seemed that worked for me but only a half worked…

I’ve written a code that ask for some data by sql to a database and returns the data clear. Once you have got the query to send by SQL, this function call another function that clear the data and in this function i’ve tthe error. In my db i have entries where ther are countries and cities and i want to finally have an array with all countries and cities without being more than 2 times and for knowing how many times a city is in my db i thougth on using a 3d array. So my final array would be like: [country][city][0] (where 0 is a cell to put the number of times that the city appeared in my db. For doing that i’ve written:

function map($result) {
#The array
$datos = array();
#Auxiliar variables
$i = 0;
$iii = 0;

#I look row by row
while($array = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$ii=$i-1;

#If it’s the first time then directly writes the country, city and 1
if ($i == 0){
$datos[$i][0][0] = 1;
$datos[$i][0] = $array[1];
$datos[$i] = $array[0];
$i += 1;
#If the country is the same as the last country i used then…
} elseif ($datos[$ii] == $array[0]) {
#If cities are equal i add 1 to visits
if ($datos[$ii][$iii] == $array[1]) {
$datos[$ii][$iii][0] += 1;
} else {
#else i write the city with one visit
$iii += 1;
$datos[$ii][$iii][0] = 1;
$datos[$ii][$iii] = $array[1];
}
} else {
#if country isn’t equal then is like if it was the first time
$datos[$i][0][0] = 1;
$datos[$i][0] = $array[1];
$datos[$i] = $array[0];
$i += 1;
$iii = 0;
}
}
mysql_free_result($result);
return $datos;
}

As you can see I declare the third level of my array before declare the first one. This is because when i had my problem in the first if that says what to do if it’s the first time, gave me the error of string offset but when i changed the order it didn’t show me the error.

The problem is that in the second if where country equals but not the city it’s giving me the error of string offset. Why? It’s like if 3d array weren’t dinamic… is because that?

Thank you very much for your help!

please help me about 6this error…

Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /home/h25380/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-simpleviewer/wp-simpleviewer-admin.php on line 992