Error Notice Undefined variable Notice Undefined index and Notice Undefined offset using PHP

Question

I'm running a PHP script and continue to receive errors like:

Notice: Undefined variable: my_variable_name in C:\wamp\www\niraj\index.php on line 18

Notice: Undefined index: my_index C:\wamp\niraj\mypath\index.php on line 19

Line 18 and 19 looks like this:

echo "My variable value is: " . $my_variable_name;
echo "My index value is: " . $my_array["my_index"];

What is the meaning of these error messages?

How to fix this?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

The best way for getting input string is:

$value = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'value');

This one-liner is almost equivalent to:

if (!isset($_POST['value'])) {
    $value = null;
} elseif (is_array($_POST['value'])) {
    $value = false;
} else {
    $value = $_POST['value'];
}

If you absolutely want string value, just like:

$value = (string)filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'value');

Hope this is helpful!!

Thank You!!

Comments

Thanks for the Solution