You’re trying to access a string as if it were an array, with a key that’s a string. string will not understand that. In code we can see the problem:
"hello"["hello"];
// PHP Warning: Illegal string offset 'hello' in php shell code on line 1
"hello"[0];
// No errors.
array("hello" => "val")["hello"];
// No errors. This is *probably* what you wanted.
In depth
Let’s see that error:
Warning: Illegal string offset ‘port’ in …
What does it say? It says we’re trying to use the string 'port' as an offset for a string. Like this:
$a_string = "string";
// This is ok:
echo $a_string[0]; // s
echo $a_string[1]; // t
echo $a_string[2]; // r
// ...
// !! Not good:
echo $a_string['port'];
// !! Warning: Illegal string offset 'port' in ...
What causes this?
For some reason you expected an array, but you have a string. Just a mix-up. Maybe your variable was changed, maybe it never was an array, it’s really not important.
What can be done?
If we know we should have an array, we should do some basic debugging to determine why we don’t have an array. If we don’t know if we’ll have an array or string, things become a bit trickier.
What we can do is all sorts of checking to ensure we don’t have notices, warnings or errors with things like is_array and isset or array_key_exists:
$a_string = "string";
$an_array = array('port' => 'the_port');
if (is_array($a_string) && isset($a_string['port'])) {
// No problem, we'll never get here.
echo $a_string['port'];
}
if (is_array($an_array) && isset($an_array['port'])) {
// Ok!
echo $an_array['port']; // the_port
}
if (is_array($an_array) && isset($an_array['unset_key'])) {
// No problem again, we won't enter.
echo $an_array['unset_key'];
}
// Similar, but with array_key_exists
if (is_array($an_array) && array_key_exists('port', $an_array)) {
// Ok!
echo $an_array['port']; // the_port
}
There are some subtle differences between isset and array_key_exists. For example, if the value of $array['key'] is null, isset returns false. array_key_exists will just check that, well, the key exists.
if ($inputs['type'] == 'attach') {
The code is valid, but it expects the function parameter $inputs to be an array. The «Illegal string offset» warning when using $inputs['type'] means that the function is being passed a string instead of an array. (And then since a string offset is a number, 'type' is not suitable.)
So in theory the problem lies elsewhere, with the caller of the code not providing a correct parameter.
However, this warning message is new to PHP 5.4. Old versions didn’t warn if this happened. They would silently convert 'type' to 0, then try to get character 0 (the first character) of the string. So if this code was supposed to work, that’s because abusing a string like this didn’t cause any complaints on PHP 5.3 and below. (A lot of old PHP code has experienced this problem after upgrading.)
You might want to debug why the function is being given a string by examining the calling code, and find out what value it has by doing a var_dump($inputs); in the function. But if you just want to shut the warning up to make it behave like PHP 5.3, change the line to:
if (is_array($inputs) && $inputs['type'] == 'attach') {
A string is series of characters, where a character is
the same as a byte. This means that PHP only supports a 256-character set,
and hence does not offer native Unicode support. See
details of the string
type.
Note:
On 32-bit builds, a string can be as large as up to 2GB
(2147483647 bytes maximum)
Syntax
A string literal can be specified in four different ways:
-
single quoted
-
double quoted
-
heredoc syntax
-
nowdoc syntax
Single quoted
The simplest way to specify a string is to enclose it in single
quotes (the character ').
To specify a literal single quote, escape it with a backslash
(). To specify a literal backslash, double it
(\). All other instances of backslash will be treated
as a literal backslash: this means that the other escape sequences you
might be used to, such as r or n,
will be output literally as specified rather than having any special
meaning.
Note:
Unlike the double-quoted
and heredoc syntaxes,
variables and escape sequences
for special characters will not be expanded when they
occur in single quoted strings.
<?php
echo 'this is a simple string';
echo
'You can also have embedded newlines in
strings this way as it is
okay to do';// Outputs: Arnold once said: "I'll be back"
echo 'Arnold once said: "I'll be back"';// Outputs: You deleted C:*.*?
echo 'You deleted C:\*.*?';// Outputs: You deleted C:*.*?
echo 'You deleted C:*.*?';// Outputs: This will not expand: n a newline
echo 'This will not expand: n a newline';// Outputs: Variables do not $expand $either
echo 'Variables do not $expand $either';
?>
Double quoted
If the string is enclosed in double-quotes («), PHP will
interpret the following escape sequences for special characters:
| Sequence | Meaning |
|---|---|
n |
linefeed (LF or 0x0A (10) in ASCII) |
r |
carriage return (CR or 0x0D (13) in ASCII) |
t |
horizontal tab (HT or 0x09 (9) in ASCII) |
v |
vertical tab (VT or 0x0B (11) in ASCII) |
e |
escape (ESC or 0x1B (27) in ASCII) |
f |
form feed (FF or 0x0C (12) in ASCII) |
\ |
backslash |
$ |
dollar sign |
" |
double-quote |
[0-7]{1,3} |
the sequence of characters matching the regular expression is a character in octal notation, which silently overflows to fit in a byte (e.g. «400» === «00») |
x[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2} |
the sequence of characters matching the regular expression is a character in hexadecimal notation |
u{[0-9A-Fa-f]+} |
the sequence of characters matching the regular expression is a Unicode codepoint, which will be output to the string as that codepoint’s UTF-8 representation |
As in single quoted strings, escaping any other character will
result in the backslash being printed too.
The most important feature of double-quoted strings is the fact
that variable names will be expanded. See
string parsing for
details.
Heredoc
A third way to delimit strings is the heredoc syntax:
<<<. After this operator, an identifier is
provided, then a newline. The string itself follows, and then
the same identifier again to close the quotation.
The closing identifier may be indented by space or tab, in which case
the indentation will be stripped from all lines in the doc string.
Prior to PHP 7.3.0, the closing identifier must
begin in the first column of the line.
Also, the closing identifier must follow the same naming rules as any
other label in PHP: it must contain only alphanumeric characters and
underscores, and must start with a non-digit character or underscore.
Example #1 Basic Heredoc example as of PHP 7.3.0
<?php
// no indentation
echo <<<END
a
b
c
n
END;// 4 spaces of indentation
echo <<<END
a
b
c
END;
Output of the above example in PHP 7.3:
If the closing identifier is indented further than any lines of the body, then a ParseError will be thrown:
Example #2 Closing identifier must not be indented further than any lines of the body
<?php
echo <<<END
a
b
c
END;
Output of the above example in PHP 7.3:
PHP Parse error: Invalid body indentation level (expecting an indentation level of at least 3) in example.php on line 4
If the closing identifier is indented, tabs can be used as well, however,
tabs and spaces must not be intermixed regarding
the indentation of the closing identifier and the indentation of the body
(up to the closing identifier). In any of these cases, a ParseError will be thrown.
These whitespace constraints have been included because mixing tabs and
spaces for indentation is harmful to legibility.
Example #3 Different indentation for body (spaces) closing identifier
<?php
// All the following code do not work.
// different indentation for body (spaces) ending marker (tabs)
{
echo <<<END
a
END;
}// mixing spaces and tabs in body
{
echo <<<END
a
END;
}// mixing spaces and tabs in ending marker
{
echo <<<END
a
END;
}
Output of the above example in PHP 7.3:
PHP Parse error: Invalid indentation - tabs and spaces cannot be mixed in example.php line 8
The closing identifier for the body string is not required to be
followed by a semicolon or newline. For example, the following code
is allowed as of PHP 7.3.0:
Example #4 Continuing an expression after a closing identifier
<?php
$values = [<<<END
a
b
c
END, 'd e f'];
var_dump($values);
Output of the above example in PHP 7.3:
array(2) {
[0] =>
string(11) "a
b
c"
[1] =>
string(5) "d e f"
}
Warning
If the closing identifier was found at the start of a line, then
regardless of whether it was a part of another word, it may be considered
as the closing identifier and causes a ParseError.
Example #5 Closing identifier in body of the string tends to cause ParseError
<?php
$values = [<<<END
a
b
END ING
END, 'd e f'];
Output of the above example in PHP 7.3:
PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected identifier "ING", expecting "]" in example.php on line 6
To avoid this problem, it is safe for you to follow the simple rule:
do not choose the closing identifier that appears in the body
of the text.
Warning
Prior to PHP 7.3.0, it is very important to note that the line with the
closing identifier must contain no other characters, except a semicolon
(;).
That means especially that the identifier
may not be indented, and there may not be any spaces
or tabs before or after the semicolon. It’s also important to realize that
the first character before the closing identifier must be a newline as
defined by the local operating system. This is n on
UNIX systems, including macOS. The closing delimiter must also be
followed by a newline.
If this rule is broken and the closing identifier is not «clean», it will
not be considered a closing identifier, and PHP will continue looking for
one. If a proper closing identifier is not found before the end of the
current file, a parse error will result at the last line.
Example #6 Invalid example, prior to PHP 7.3.0
<?php
class foo {
public $bar = <<<EOT
bar
EOT;
}
// Identifier must not be indented
?>
Example #7 Valid example, even if prior to PHP 7.3.0
<?php
class foo {
public $bar = <<<EOT
bar
EOT;
}
?>
Heredocs containing variables can not be used for initializing class properties.
Heredoc text behaves just like a double-quoted string, without
the double quotes. This means that quotes in a heredoc do not need to be
escaped, but the escape codes listed above can still be used. Variables are
expanded, but the same care must be taken when expressing complex variables
inside a heredoc as with strings.
Example #8 Heredoc string quoting example
<?php
$str = <<<EOD
Example of string
spanning multiple lines
using heredoc syntax.
EOD;/* More complex example, with variables. */
class foo
{
var $foo;
var $bar;
function
__construct()
{
$this->foo = 'Foo';
$this->bar = array('Bar1', 'Bar2', 'Bar3');
}
}$foo = new foo();
$name = 'MyName';
echo <<<EOT
My name is "$name". I am printing some $foo->foo.
Now, I am printing some {$foo->bar[1]}.
This should print a capital 'A': x41
EOT;
?>
The above example will output:
My name is "MyName". I am printing some Foo. Now, I am printing some Bar2. This should print a capital 'A': A
It is also possible to use the Heredoc syntax to pass data to function
arguments:
Example #9 Heredoc in arguments example
<?php
var_dump(array(<<<EOD
foobar!
EOD
));
?>
It’s possible to initialize static variables and class
properties/constants using the Heredoc syntax:
Example #10 Using Heredoc to initialize static values
<?php
// Static variables
function foo()
{
static $bar = <<<LABEL
Nothing in here...
LABEL;
}// Class properties/constants
class foo
{
const BAR = <<<FOOBAR
Constant example
FOOBAR;
public
$baz = <<<FOOBAR
Property example
FOOBAR;
}
?>
The opening Heredoc identifier may optionally be
enclosed in double quotes:
Example #11 Using double quotes in Heredoc
<?php
echo <<<"FOOBAR"
Hello World!
FOOBAR;
?>
Nowdoc
Nowdocs are to single-quoted strings what heredocs are to double-quoted
strings. A nowdoc is specified similarly to a heredoc, but no
parsing is done inside a nowdoc. The construct is ideal for
embedding PHP code or other large blocks of text without the need for
escaping. It shares some features in common with the SGML
<![CDATA[ ]]> construct, in that it declares a
block of text which is not for parsing.
A nowdoc is identified with the same <<<
sequence used for heredocs, but the identifier which follows is enclosed in
single quotes, e.g. <<<'EOT'. All the rules for
heredoc identifiers also apply to nowdoc identifiers, especially those
regarding the appearance of the closing identifier.
Example #12 Nowdoc string quoting example
<?php
echo <<<'EOD'
Example of string spanning multiple lines
using nowdoc syntax. Backslashes are always treated literally,
e.g. \ and '.
EOD;
The above example will output:
Example of string spanning multiple lines using nowdoc syntax. Backslashes are always treated literally, e.g. \ and '.
Example #13 Nowdoc string quoting example with variables
<?php
class foo
{
public $foo;
public $bar;
function
__construct()
{
$this->foo = 'Foo';
$this->bar = array('Bar1', 'Bar2', 'Bar3');
}
}$foo = new foo();
$name = 'MyName';
echo <<<'EOT'
My name is "$name". I am printing some $foo->foo.
Now, I am printing some {$foo->bar[1]}.
This should not print a capital 'A': x41
EOT;
?>
The above example will output:
My name is "$name". I am printing some $foo->foo.
Now, I am printing some {$foo->bar[1]}.
This should not print a capital 'A': x41
Example #14 Static data example
<?php
class foo {
public $bar = <<<'EOT'
bar
EOT;
}
?>
Variable parsing
When a string is specified in double quotes or with heredoc,
variables are parsed within it.
There are two types of syntax: a
simple one and a
complex one.
The simple syntax is the most common and convenient. It provides a way to
embed a variable, an array value, or an object
property in a string with a minimum of effort.
The complex syntax can be recognised by the
curly braces surrounding the expression.
Simple syntax
If a dollar sign ($) is encountered, the parser will
greedily take as many tokens as possible to form a valid variable name.
Enclose the variable name in curly braces to explicitly specify the end of
the name.
<?php
$juice = "apple";
echo
"He drank some $juice juice.".PHP_EOL;
// Invalid. "s" is a valid character for a variable name, but the variable is $juice.
echo "He drank some juice made of $juices.";
// Valid. Explicitly specify the end of the variable name by enclosing it in braces:
echo "He drank some juice made of ${juice}s.";
?>
The above example will output:
He drank some apple juice. He drank some juice made of . He drank some juice made of apples.
Similarly, an array index or an object property
can be parsed. With array indices, the closing square bracket
(]) marks the end of the index. The same rules apply to
object properties as to simple variables.
Example #15 Simple syntax example
<?php
$juices = array("apple", "orange", "koolaid1" => "purple");
echo
"He drank some $juices[0] juice.".PHP_EOL;
echo "He drank some $juices[1] juice.".PHP_EOL;
echo "He drank some $juices[koolaid1] juice.".PHP_EOL;
class
people {
public $john = "John Smith";
public $jane = "Jane Smith";
public $robert = "Robert Paulsen";
public
$smith = "Smith";
}$people = new people();
echo
"$people->john drank some $juices[0] juice.".PHP_EOL;
echo "$people->john then said hello to $people->jane.".PHP_EOL;
echo "$people->john's wife greeted $people->robert.".PHP_EOL;
echo "$people->robert greeted the two $people->smiths."; // Won't work
?>
The above example will output:
He drank some apple juice. He drank some orange juice. He drank some purple juice. John Smith drank some apple juice. John Smith then said hello to Jane Smith. John Smith's wife greeted Robert Paulsen. Robert Paulsen greeted the two .
As of PHP 7.1.0 also negative numeric indices are
supported.
Example #16 Negative numeric indices
<?php
$string = 'string';
echo "The character at index -2 is $string[-2].", PHP_EOL;
$string[-3] = 'o';
echo "Changing the character at index -3 to o gives $string.", PHP_EOL;
?>
The above example will output:
The character at index -2 is n. Changing the character at index -3 to o gives strong.
For anything more complex, you should use the complex syntax.
Complex (curly) syntax
This isn’t called complex because the syntax is complex, but because it
allows for the use of complex expressions.
Any scalar variable, array element or object property with a
string representation can be included via this syntax.
The expression is written the same way as it would appear outside the
string, and then wrapped in { and
}. Since { can not be escaped, this
syntax will only be recognised when the $ immediately
follows the {. Use {$ to get a
literal {$. Some examples to make it clear:
<?php
// Show all errors
error_reporting(E_ALL);$great = 'fantastic';// Won't work, outputs: This is { fantastic}
echo "This is { $great}";// Works, outputs: This is fantastic
echo "This is {$great}";// Works
echo "This square is {$square->width}00 centimeters broad.";// Works, quoted keys only work using the curly brace syntax
echo "This works: {$arr['key']}";// Works
echo "This works: {$arr[4][3]}";// This is wrong for the same reason as $foo[bar] is wrong outside a string.
// In other words, it will still work, but only because PHP first looks for a
// constant named foo; an error of level E_NOTICE (undefined constant) will be
// thrown.
echo "This is wrong: {$arr[foo][3]}";// Works. When using multi-dimensional arrays, always use braces around arrays
// when inside of strings
echo "This works: {$arr['foo'][3]}";// Works.
echo "This works: " . $arr['foo'][3];
echo
"This works too: {$obj->values[3]->name}";
echo
"This is the value of the var named $name: {${$name}}";
echo
"This is the value of the var named by the return value of getName(): {${getName()}}";
echo
"This is the value of the var named by the return value of $object->getName(): {${$object->getName()}}";// Won't work, outputs: This is the return value of getName(): {getName()}
echo "This is the return value of getName(): {getName()}";// Won't work, outputs: C:folder{fantastic}.txt
echo "C:folder{$great}.txt"
// Works, outputs: C:folderfantastic.txt
echo "C:\folder\{$great}.txt"
?>
It is also possible to access class properties using variables
within strings using this syntax.
<?php
class foo {
var $bar = 'I am bar.';
}$foo = new foo();
$bar = 'bar';
$baz = array('foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'quux');
echo "{$foo->$bar}n";
echo "{$foo->{$baz[1]}}n";
?>
The above example will output:
Note:
The value accessed from functions, method calls, static class variables,
and class constants inside
{$}will be interpreted as the name
of a variable in the scope in which the string is defined. Using
single curly braces ({}) will not work for
accessing the return values of functions or methods or the
values of class constants or static class variables.
<?php
// Show all errors.
error_reporting(E_ALL);
class
beers {
const softdrink = 'rootbeer';
public static $ale = 'ipa';
}$rootbeer = 'A & W';
$ipa = 'Alexander Keith's';// This works; outputs: I'd like an A & W
echo "I'd like an {${beers::softdrink}}n";// This works too; outputs: I'd like an Alexander Keith's
echo "I'd like an {${beers::$ale}}n";
?>
String access and modification by character
Characters within strings may be accessed and modified by
specifying the zero-based offset of the desired character after the
string using square array brackets, as in
$str[42]. Think of a string as an
array of characters for this purpose. The functions
substr() and substr_replace()
can be used when you want to extract or replace more than 1 character.
Note:
As of PHP 7.1.0, negative string offsets are also supported. These specify
the offset from the end of the string.
Formerly, negative offsets emittedE_NOTICEfor reading
(yielding an empty string) andE_WARNINGfor writing
(leaving the string untouched).
Note:
Prior to PHP 8.0.0, strings could also be accessed using braces, as in
$str{42}, for the same purpose.
This curly brace syntax was deprecated as of PHP 7.4.0 and no longer supported as of PHP 8.0.0.
Warning
Writing to an out of range offset pads the string with spaces.
Non-integer types are converted to integer.
Illegal offset type emits E_WARNING.
Only the first character of an assigned string is used.
As of PHP 7.1.0, assigning an empty string throws a fatal error. Formerly,
it assigned a NULL byte.
Warning
Internally, PHP strings are byte arrays. As a result, accessing or
modifying a string using array brackets is not multi-byte safe, and
should only be done with strings that are in a single-byte encoding such
as ISO-8859-1.
Note:
As of PHP 7.1.0, applying the empty index operator on an empty string throws a fatal
error. Formerly, the empty string was silently converted to an array.
Example #17 Some string examples
<?php
// Get the first character of a string
$str = 'This is a test.';
$first = $str[0];// Get the third character of a string
$third = $str[2];// Get the last character of a string.
$str = 'This is still a test.';
$last = $str[strlen($str)-1];// Modify the last character of a string
$str = 'Look at the sea';
$str[strlen($str)-1] = 'e';?>
String offsets have to either be integers or integer-like strings,
otherwise a warning will be thrown.
Example #18 Example of Illegal String Offsets
<?php
$str = 'abc';var_dump($str['1']);
var_dump(isset($str['1']));var_dump($str['1.0']);
var_dump(isset($str['1.0']));var_dump($str['x']);
var_dump(isset($str['x']));var_dump($str['1x']);
var_dump(isset($str['1x']));
?>
The above example will output:
string(1) "b" bool(true) Warning: Illegal string offset '1.0' in /tmp/t.php on line 7 string(1) "b" bool(false) Warning: Illegal string offset 'x' in /tmp/t.php on line 9 string(1) "a" bool(false) string(1) "b" bool(false)
Note:
Accessing variables of other types (not including arrays or objects
implementing the appropriate interfaces) using[]or
{}silently returnsnull.
Note:
Characters within string literals can be accessed
using[]or{}.
Note:
Accessing characters within string literals using the
{}syntax has been deprecated in PHP 7.4.
This has been removed in PHP 8.0.
Converting to string
A value can be converted to a string using the
(string) cast or the strval() function.
String conversion is automatically done in the scope of an
expression where a string is needed. This happens when using the
echo or print functions, or when a
variable is compared to a string. The sections on
Types and
Type Juggling will make
the following clearer. See also the settype() function.
A bool true value is converted to the string
"1". bool false is converted to
"" (the empty string). This allows conversion back and
forth between bool and string values.
An int or float is converted to a
string representing the number textually (including the
exponent part for floats). Floating point numbers can be
converted using exponential notation (4.1E+6).
Note:
As of PHP 8.0.0, the decimal point character is always
a period («.«). Prior to PHP 8.0.0,
the decimal point character is defined in the script’s locale (category
LC_NUMERIC). See the setlocale() function.
Arrays are always converted to the string
"Array"; because of this, echo and
print can not by themselves show the contents of an
array. To view a single element, use a construction such as
echo $arr['foo']. See below for tips on viewing the entire
contents.
In order to convert objects to string, the magic
method __toString must be used.
Resources are always converted to strings with the
structure "Resource id #1", where 1
is the resource number assigned to the resource by PHP at
runtime. While the exact structure of this string should not be relied on
and is subject to change, it will always be unique for a given resource
within the lifetime of a script being executed (ie a Web request or CLI
process) and won’t be reused. To get a resource‘s type, use
the get_resource_type() function.
null is always converted to an empty string.
As stated above, directly converting an array,
object, or resource to a string does
not provide any useful information about the value beyond its type. See the
functions print_r() and var_dump() for
more effective means of inspecting the contents of these types.
Most PHP values can also be converted to strings for permanent
storage. This method is called serialization, and is performed by the
serialize() function.
Details of the String Type
The string in PHP is implemented as an array of bytes and an
integer indicating the length of the buffer. It has no information about how
those bytes translate to characters, leaving that task to the programmer.
There are no limitations on the values the string can be composed of; in
particular, bytes with value 0 (“NUL bytes”) are allowed
anywhere in the string (however, a few functions, said in this manual not to
be “binary safe”, may hand off the strings to libraries that ignore data
after a NUL byte.)
This nature of the string type explains why there is no separate “byte” type
in PHP – strings take this role. Functions that return no textual data – for
instance, arbitrary data read from a network socket – will still return
strings.
Given that PHP does not dictate a specific encoding for strings, one might
wonder how string literals are encoded. For instance, is the string
"á" equivalent to "xE1" (ISO-8859-1),
"xC3xA1" (UTF-8, C form),
"x61xCCx81" (UTF-8, D form) or any other possible
representation? The answer is that string will be encoded in whatever fashion
it is encoded in the script file. Thus, if the script is written in
ISO-8859-1, the string will be encoded in ISO-8859-1 and so on. However,
this does not apply if Zend Multibyte is enabled; in that case, the script
may be written in an arbitrary encoding (which is explicitly declared or is
detected) and then converted to a certain internal encoding, which is then
the encoding that will be used for the string literals.
Note that there are some constraints on the encoding of the script (or on the
internal encoding, should Zend Multibyte be enabled) – this almost always
means that this encoding should be a compatible superset of ASCII, such as
UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1. Note, however, that state-dependent encodings where
the same byte values can be used in initial and non-initial shift states
may be problematic.
Of course, in order to be useful, functions that operate on text may have to
make some assumptions about how the string is encoded. Unfortunately, there
is much variation on this matter throughout PHP’s functions:
-
Some functions assume that the string is encoded in some (any) single-byte
encoding, but they do not need to interpret those bytes as specific
characters. This is case of, for instance, substr(),
strpos(), strlen() or
strcmp(). Another way to think of these functions is
that operate on memory buffers, i.e., they work with bytes and byte
offsets.
-
Other functions are passed the encoding of the string, possibly they also
assume a default if no such information is given. This is the case of
htmlentities() and the majority of the
functions in the mbstring extension.
-
Others use the current locale (see setlocale()), but
operate byte-by-byte.
-
Finally, they may just assume the string is using a specific encoding,
usually UTF-8. This is the case of most functions in the
intl extension and in the
PCRE extension
(in the last case, only when theumodifier is used).
Ultimately, this means writing correct programs using Unicode depends on
carefully avoiding functions that will not work and that most likely will
corrupt the data and using instead the functions that do behave correctly,
generally from the intl and
mbstring extensions.
However, using functions that can handle Unicode encodings is just the
beginning. No matter the functions the language provides, it is essential to
know the Unicode specification. For instance, a program that assumes there is
only uppercase and lowercase is making a wrong assumption.
John ¶
6 years ago
I've been a PHP programmer for a decade, and I've always been using the "single-quoted literal" and "period-concatenation" method of string creation. But I wanted to answer the performance question once and for all, using sufficient numbers of iterations and a modern PHP version. For my test, I used:
php -v
PHP 7.0.12 (cli) (built: Oct 14 2016 09:56:59) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
------ Results: -------
* 100 million iterations:
$outstr = 'literal' . $n . $data . $int . $data . $float . $n;
63608ms (34.7% slower)
$outstr = "literal$n$data$int$data$float$n";
47218ms (fastest)
$outstr =<<<EOS
literal$n$data$int$data$float$n
EOS;
47992ms (1.64% slower)
$outstr = sprintf('literal%s%s%d%s%f%s', $n, $data, $int, $data, $float, $n);
76629ms (62.3% slower)
$outstr = sprintf('literal%s%5$s%2$d%3$s%4$f%s', $n, $int, $data, $float, $data, $n);
96260ms (103.9% slower)
* 10 million iterations (test adapted to see which of the two fastest methods were faster at adding a newline; either the PHP_EOL literal, or the n string expansion):
$outstr = 'literal' . $n . $data . $int . $data . $float . $n;
6228ms (reference for single-quoted without newline)
$outstr = "literal$n$data$int$data$float$n";
4653ms (reference for double-quoted without newline)
$outstr = 'literal' . $n . $data . $int . $data . $float . $n . PHP_EOL;
6630ms (35.3% slower than double-quoted with n newline)
$outstr = "literal$n$data$int$data$float$nn";
4899ms (fastest at newlines)
* 100 million iterations (a test intended to see which one of the two ${var} and {$var} double-quote styles is faster):
$outstr = 'literal' . $n . $data . $int . $data . $float . $n;
67048ms (38.2% slower)
$outstr = "literal$n$data$int$data$float$n";
49058ms (1.15% slower)
$outstr = "literal{$n}{$data}{$int}{$data}{$float}{$n}"
49221ms (1.49% slower)
$outstr = "literal${n}${data}${int}${data}${float}${n}"
48500ms (fastest; the differences are small but this held true across multiple runs of the test, and this was always the fastest variable encapsulation style)
* 1 BILLION iterations (testing a completely literal string with nothing to parse in it):
$outstr = 'literal string testing';
23852ms (fastest)
$outstr = "literal string testing";
24222ms (1.55% slower)
It blows my mind. The double-quoted strings "which look so $slow since they have to parse everything for n backslashes and $dollar signs to do variable expansion", turned out to be the FASTEST string concatenation method in PHP - PERIOD!
Single-quotes are only faster if your string is completely literal (with nothing to parse in it and nothing to concatenate), but the margin is very tiny and doesn't matter.
So the "highest code performance" style rules are:
1. Always use double-quoted strings for concatenation.
2. Put your variables in "This is a {$variable} notation", because it's the fastest method which still allows complex expansions like "This {$var['foo']} is {$obj->awesome()}!". You cannot do that with the "${var}" style.
3. Feel free to use single-quoted strings for TOTALLY literal strings such as array keys/values, variable values, etc, since they are a TINY bit faster when you want literal non-parsed strings. But I had to do 1 billion iterations to find a 1.55% measurable difference. So the only real reason I'd consider using single-quoted strings for my literals is for code cleanliness, to make it super clear that the string is literal.
4. If you think another method such as sprintf() or 'this'.$var.'style' is more readable, and you don't care about maximizing performance, then feel free to use whatever concatenation method you prefer!
gtisza at gmail dot com ¶
11 years ago
The documentation does not mention, but a closing semicolon at the end of the heredoc is actually interpreted as a real semicolon, and as such, sometimes leads to syntax errors.
This works:
<?php
$foo = <<<END
abcd
END;
?>
This does not:
<?php
foo(<<<END
abcd
END;
);
// syntax error, unexpected ';'
?>
Without semicolon, it works fine:
<?php
foo(<<<END
abcd
END
);
?>
garbage at iglou dot eu ¶
6 years ago
You can use string like array of char (like C)
$a = "String array test";
var_dump($a);
// Return string(17) "String array test"
var_dump($a[0]);
// Return string(1) "S"
// -- With array cast --
var_dump((array) $a);
// Return array(1) { [0]=> string(17) "String array test"}
var_dump((array) $a[0]);
// Return string(17) "S"
- Norihiori
vseokdog at gmail dot com ¶
3 years ago
Don't forget about new E_WARNING and E_NOTICE errors from PHP 7.1.x: they have been introduced when invalid strings are coerced using operators expecting numbers (+ - * / ** % << >> | & ^) or their assignment equivalents. An E_NOTICE is emitted when the string begins with a numeric value but contains trailing non-numeric characters, and an E_WARNING is emitted when the string does not contain a numeric value.
Example:
$foo = 1 + "bob-1.3e3";
$foo = "10.2 pigs " + 1.0;
Will produce: Warning: A non-numeric value encountered
Read more: https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration71.other-changes.php
sideshowAnthony at googlemail dot com ¶
6 years ago
Something I experienced which no doubt will help someone . . .
In my editor, this will syntax highlight HTML and the $comment:
$html = <<<"EOD"
<b>$comment</b>
EOD;
Using this shows all the same colour:
$html = <<<EOD
<b>$comment</b>
EOD;
making it a lot easier to work with
og at gams dot at ¶
15 years ago
easy transparent solution for using constants in the heredoc format:
DEFINE('TEST','TEST STRING');
$const = get_defined_constants();
echo <<<END
{$const['TEST']}
END;
Result:
TEST STRING
lelon at lelon dot net ¶
18 years ago
You can use the complex syntax to put the value of both object properties AND object methods inside a string. For example...
<?php
class Test {
public $one = 1;
public function two() {
return 2;
}
}
$test = new Test();
echo "foo {$test->one} bar {$test->two()}";
?>
Will output "foo 1 bar 2".
However, you cannot do this for all values in your namespace. Class constants and static properties/methods will not work because the complex syntax looks for the '$'.
<?php
class Test {
const ONE = 1;
}
echo "foo {Test::ONE} bar";
?>
This will output "foo {Test::one} bar". Constants and static properties require you to break up the string.
Ray.Paseur sometimes uses Gmail ¶
4 years ago
md5('240610708') == md5('QNKCDZO')
This comparison is true because both md5() hashes start '0e' so PHP type juggling understands these strings to be scientific notation. By definition, zero raised to any power is zero.
steve at mrclay dot org ¶
14 years ago
Simple function to create human-readably escaped double-quoted strings for use in source code or when debugging strings with newlines/tabs/etc.
<?php
function doubleQuote($str) {
$ret = '"';
for ($i = 0, $l = strlen($str); $i < $l; ++$i) {
$o = ord($str[$i]);
if ($o < 31 || $o > 126) {
switch ($o) {
case 9: $ret .= 't'; break;
case 10: $ret .= 'n'; break;
case 11: $ret .= 'v'; break;
case 12: $ret .= 'f'; break;
case 13: $ret .= 'r'; break;
default: $ret .= 'x' . str_pad(dechex($o), 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
}
} else {
switch ($o) {
case 36: $ret .= '$'; break;
case 34: $ret .= '"'; break;
case 92: $ret .= '\\'; break;
default: $ret .= $str[$i];
}
}
}
return $ret . '"';
}
?>
necrodust44 at gmail dot com ¶
8 years ago
String conversion to numbers.
Unfortunately, the documentation is not correct.
«The value is given by the initial portion of the string. If the string starts with valid numeric data, this will be the value used. Otherwise, the value will be 0 (zero).»
It is not said and is not shown in examples throughout the documentation that, while converting strings to numbers, leading space characters are ignored, like with the strtod function.
<?php
echo " vf r 1234" + 1; // 1235
var_export ("vf r 1234" == "1234"); // true
?>
However, PHP's behaviour differs even from the strtod's. The documentation says that if the string contains a "e" or "E" character, it will be parsed as a float, and suggests to see the manual for strtod for more information. The manual says
«A hexadecimal number consists of a "0x" or "0X" followed by a nonempty sequence of hexadecimal digits possibly containing a radix character, optionally followed by a binary exponent. A binary exponent consists of a 'P' or 'p', followed by an optional plus or minus sign, followed by a nonempty sequence of decimal digits, and indicates multiplication by a power of 2.»
But it seems that PHP does not recognise the exponent or the radix character.
<?php
echo "0xEp4" + 1; // 15
?>
strtod also uses the current locale to choose the radix character, but PHP ignores the locale, and the radix character is always 2E. However, PHP uses the locale while converting numbers to strings.
With strtod, the current locale is also used to choose the space characters, I don't know about PHP.
BahmanMD ¶
20 days ago
In PHP 8.2 using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead:
<?php
$juice = "apple";// Valid. Explicitly specify the end of the variable name by enclosing it in braces:
echo "He drank some juice made of {$juice}s.";
?>
php at richardneill dot org ¶
9 years ago
Leading zeroes in strings are (least-surprise) not treated as octal.
Consider:
$x = "0123" + 0;
$y = 0123 + 0;
echo "x is $x, y is $y"; //prints "x is 123, y is 83"
in other words:
* leading zeros in numeric literals in the source-code are interpreted as "octal", c.f. strtol().
* leading zeros in strings (eg user-submitted data), when cast (implicitly or explicitly) to integer are ignored, and considered as decimal, c.f. strtod().
atnak at chejz dot com ¶
18 years ago
Here is a possible gotcha related to oddness involved with accessing strings by character past the end of the string:
$string = 'a';
var_dump($string[2]); // string(0) ""
var_dump($string[7]); // string(0) ""
$string[7] === ''; // TRUE
It appears that anything past the end of the string gives an empty string.. However, when E_NOTICE is on, the above examples will throw the message:
Notice: Uninitialized string offset: N in FILE on line LINE
This message cannot be specifically masked with @$string[7], as is possible when $string itself is unset.
isset($string[7]); // FALSE
$string[7] === NULL; // FALSE
Even though it seems like a not-NULL value of type string, it is still considered unset.
chAlx at findme dot if dot u dot need ¶
14 years ago
To save Your mind don't read previous comments about dates ;)
When both strings can be converted to the numerics (in ("$a" > "$b") test) then resulted numerics are used, else FULL strings are compared char-by-char:
<?php
var_dump('1.22' > '01.23'); // bool(false)
var_dump('1.22.00' > '01.23.00'); // bool(true)
var_dump('1-22-00' > '01-23-00'); // bool(true)
var_dump((float)'1.22.00' > (float)'01.23.00'); // bool(false)
?>
Richard Neill ¶
15 years ago
Unlike bash, we can't do
echo "a" #beep!
Of course, that would be rather meaningless for PHP/web, but it's useful for PHP-CLI. The solution is simple: echo "x07"
headden at karelia dot ru ¶
13 years ago
Here is an easy hack to allow double-quoted strings and heredocs to contain arbitrary expressions in curly braces syntax, including constants and other function calls:
<?php// Hack declaration
function _expr($v) { return $v; }
$_expr = '_expr';// Our playground
define('qwe', 'asd');
define('zxc', 5);$a=3;
$b=4;
function
c($a, $b) { return $a+$b; }// Usage
echo "pre {$_expr(1+2)} postn"; // outputs 'pre 3 post'
echo "pre {$_expr(qwe)} postn"; // outputs 'pre asd post'
echo "pre {$_expr(c($a, $b)+zxc*2)} postn"; // outputs 'pre 17 post'
// General syntax is {$_expr(...)}
?>
nospam at nospam dot com ¶
6 years ago
Beware that consistent with "String conversion to numbers":
<?phpif ('123abc' == 123) echo '(intstr == int) incorrectly tests as true.';// Because one side is a number, the string is incorrectly converted from intstr to int, which then matches the test number.
// True for all conditionals such as if and switch statements (probably also while loops)!
// This could be a huge security risk when testing/using/saving user input, while expecting and testing for only an integer.
// It seems the only fix is for 123 to be a string as '123' so no conversion happens.
?>
jonijnm at example dot com ¶
5 years ago
Both should work :(
<?phpclass Testing {
public static $VAR = 'static';
public const VAR = 'const';
public function
sayHelloStatic() {
echo "hello: {$this::$VAR}";
}
public function
sayHelloConst() {
echo "hello: {$this::VAR}"; //Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting '['
}
}$obj = new Testing();
$obj->sayHelloStatic();
$obj->sayHelloConst();
shd at earthling dot net ¶
13 years ago
If you want a parsed variable surrounded by curly braces, just double the curly braces:
<?php
$foo = "bar";
echo "{{$foo}}";
?>
will just show {bar}. The { is special only if followed by the $ sign and matches one }. In this case, that applies only to the inner braces. The outer ones are not escaped and pass through directly.
bishop ¶
16 years ago
You may use heredoc syntax to comment out large blocks of code, as follows:
<?php
<<<_EOC
// end-of-line comment will be masked... so will regular PHP:
echo ($test == 'foo' ? 'bar' : 'baz');
/* c-style comment will be masked, as will other heredocs (not using the same marker) */
echo <<<EOHTML
This is text you'll never see!
EOHTML;
function defintion($params) {
echo 'foo';
}
class definition extends nothing {
function definition($param) {
echo 'do nothing';
}
}
how about syntax errors?; = gone, I bet.
_EOC;
?>
Useful for debugging when C-style just won't do. Also useful if you wish to embed Perl-like Plain Old Documentation; extraction between POD markers is left as an exercise for the reader.
Note there is a performance penalty for this method, as PHP must still parse and variable substitute the string.
mark at manngo dot net ¶
6 years ago
I though that it would be helpful to add this comment so that the information at least appears on the right page on the PHP site.
Note that if you intend to use a double-quoted string with an associative key, you may run into the T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE error. Some regard this as one of the less obvious error messages.
An expression such as:
<?php
$fruit=array(
'a'=>'apple',
'b'=>'banana',
// etc
);
"This is a $fruit['a']"; // T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE
?>
will definitely fall to pieces.
You can resolve it as follows:
<?php
print "This is a $fruit[a]"; // unquote the key
print "This is a ${fruit['a']}"; // Complex Syntax
print "This is a {$fruit['a']}"; // Complex Syntax variation
?>
I have a personal preference for the last variation as it is more natural and closer to what the expression would be like outside the string.
It’s not clear (to me, at least) why PHP misinterprets the single quote inside the expression but I imagine that it has something to do with the fact quotes are not part of the value string — once the string is already being parsed the quotes just get in the way … ?
Hayley Watson ¶
5 years ago
Any single expression, however complex, that starts with $ (i.e., a variable) can be {}-embedded in a double-quoted string:
<?phpecho "The expression {$h->q()["x}"]->p(9 == 0 ? 17 : 42)} gets parsed just as well as " . $h->q()["x}"]->p(9 == 0 ? 17 : 42) . " does.";?>
greenbluemoonlight at gmail dot com ¶
2 years ago
<?php
\Example # 10 Simple Syntax - Solution for the last "echo" line.class people {
public $john = "John Smith";
public $jane = "Jane Smith";
public $robert = "Robert Paulsen";
public
$smith = "Smith";
}$people = new people();
echo
"$people->john then said hello to $people->jane.".PHP_EOL;
echo "$people->john's wife greeted $people->robert.".PHP_EOL;
echo "$people->robert greeted the two $people->smiths";
\Won't work
\Outputs: Robert Paulsen greeted the two
/**Solution:**
echo "$people->robert greeted the two $people->smithx08s";
\Will work
\Outputs: Robert Paulsen greeted the two Smiths
?>
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Доброго времени суток всем.
Проблема вот какая — есть вот такой массив-
[name] => Желаемая высота забора (м)
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[answers] => ответ 2|ответ 2.2
начинаю его обрабатывать
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foreach ($calc as $item => $value) {
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// и тут выполняю разные действия …
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$mas_answers = explode(‘|’, $value[‘answers’]);
И всюду где использую $value[‘name’] или ‘answers’ или ‘multiple_ans’ получаю Illegal string offset ‘name’ или ‘answers’ и тд
Сам смысл ошибки я понимаю. Вместо массива оказалась строка, но , блин $value имеет вот такой вид-
[name] => Желаемая высота забора (м)
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[answers] => ответ 2|ответ 2.2
Как же мне тогда к ним обращаться ?
Подскажите в чем я неправ.
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Покажи массив свой $calc.
Что то ты долго, не массив у тебя то что ты там написал, вот так можно:
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‘name’ => ‘Желаемая высота забора (м)’,
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[name] => Желаемая высота забора (м)
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Тс, не смущает тот факт, что ты в конце концов, в каждой своей залитой данными переменные, результат получишь по ласт проходу массива?
— Добавлено —-
foreach ( $a AS $b ) { $c = $b; }
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В данный момент меня смущает ошибка
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@abutan ну не массив у тебя это потому что.
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А можно как то поразвернутей )))
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Сложно угадать, не видя всей картины. Ну, например, возможно вы обращаетесь к переменным не внутри цикла { … } а где-то вообще в другом месте. Мы же не знаем

После того, как вы написали
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$mas_answers = explode(‘|’, $value[‘answers’]);
Массив ответов появился в переменной $mas_answers, а в $value[‘answers’] — там как была строка текста, так и осталась.
И да, а что будет, если пользователь в комментарии поставит символ вертикальной черты | ?
)) В PHP есть штатные функции для преобразования массива в строку (для сохранения в базе данных или в файле) и для обратного преобразования строки в массив. При этом, PHP позаботится о том, чтобы не зависимо от пользовательского ввода у вас элементы массива остались такими, какими должны быть. Например, посмотрите функции
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<form action=»#» method=»post»>
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foreach($calc as $index => $value){
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$mas_answers = explode(‘|’, $value[‘answers’]);
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echo ‘<div class=»tabs_block» tabid=»‘.$index.‘»‘;
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echo ‘ style=»display:none;»‘;
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<input class=»form-control» name=»question» type=»text» id=»response_options» placeholder=»» value=»‘.addslashes($value[‘name’]).‘» autocomplete=»off»><br>
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<span class=podkomment >Например: «Выберите тип материала»</span>
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<h2>Варианты ответов:</h2>’;
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if(count($mas_answers)==0){
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echo ‘<div class=»input_form answer_input» attr=»1″ quest=»‘.$index.‘»>
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<p>1.</p><a href=»javascript:void(0);» class=»answer_remove»></a>
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<input class=»form-control» type=»text» name=»answer» autocomplete=»off» placeholder=»Вариант ответа #1″ value=»»>
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foreach($mas_answers as $nom=>$answers){
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echo ‘<div class=»input_form answer_input» attr=»‘.($nom_real).‘» quest=»‘.($nom_real).‘»>
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<p>’.($nom_real).‘.</p><a href=»javascript:void(0);» class=»answer_remove»></a>
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<input class=»form-control» type=»text» name=»answer» autocomplete=»off» placeholder=»Вариант ответа #’.($nom_real).‘» value=»‘.$answers.‘»>
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echo ‘<a href=»javascript:void(0);» class=»right_add_content»>Добавить ещё</a>
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<h2>Возможность выбора:</h2>
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<input type=»radio» name=»multiple_ans» id=»one’.$index.‘» autocomplete=»off» value=»0″‘;
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if($value[‘multiple_ans’]==0) echo ‘ checked=»checked»‘;
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echo ‘><label for=»one’.$index.‘»>Можно выбрать только один ответ (radiobutton)</label><br>
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<input type=»radio» name=»multiple_ans» id=»two’.$index.‘» autocomplete=»off» value=»1″‘;
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if($value[‘multiple_ans’]==1) echo ‘ checked=»checked»‘;
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echo ‘><label for=»two’.$index.‘»>Можно выбрать несколько вариантов (checkbox)</label><br>
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<input type=»radio» name=»multiple_ans» id=»thr’.$index.‘» autocomplete=»off» value=»2″‘;
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if($value[‘multiple_ans’]==2) echo ‘ checked=»checked»‘;
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echo ‘><label for=»thr’.$index.‘»>Нужно вводить данные (input)</label>
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Чтобы совсем всё понятно было — после <?php и перед foreach добавьте ещё строку
и опубликуйте здесь, что оно выведет
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array(2) { [1]=> array(3) { [«name»]=> string(47) «Желаемая высота забора (м)» [«answers»]=> string(0) «» [«multiple_ans»]=> string(1) «2» } [2]=> array(3) { [«name»]=> string(13) «вопрос2» [«answers»]=> string(27) «ответ 2|ответ 2.2» [«multiple_ans»]=> string(1) «0» } }
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Хотите прикол ?
начало все норм кромепосле string перебираем в foreach
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foreach($mas_answers as $nom=>$answers){
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@abutan Этот код с такими исходными данными (таким массивом $calc) — должен работать без ошибок. Для эксперимента, запустил его у себя, создав массив перед перебором в цикле. У меня этот код из этого массива успешно сгенерировал html.
Посмотрите внимательно на текст сообщения об ошибке, которую выдаёт PHP — там указывается файл и номер строки, на которой произошла ошибка. Возможно, она происходит где-то в другом месте?У вас есть ошибка в вёрстке — в самом начале вы открываете <form> за пределами цикла, а закрываете </form> внутри цикла (то есть открывающий тег будет один, а закрывающих будет столько же, сколько элементов в массиве $calc). Но ошибка вёрстки никак не влияет на появление сообщения «Illegal string offset»
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foreach ( $a AS $b ) { $c = $b; }
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Там все немного сложнее. Эта форма вложена во вторую форму. И этот весь код работает. Вполне корректно, я получаю в ответе то что мне надо. Проблема появляется когда я пытаюсь отправить результаты в контролер по ajax.
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form.submit(function(e) {
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let user_id = $(‘input[name=»user_id»]’).val();
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let url = form.attr(‘action’);
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$(‘.tabs_content_block .tabs_block’).each(function(a,obj){
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let name = $(obj).find(‘input[name=»question»]’).val();
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let answers = $(obj).find(‘input[name=»answer»]’).map( function(){ if ( $(this).val()!=» ) return $(this).val().replace(/|/g,‘ ‘);} ).get().join(‘|’);
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let multiple_ans = $(obj).find(‘input[name=»multiple_ans»]:checked’).val();
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post_data[a] = { ‘name’:name, ‘answers’:answers,‘multiple_ans’:multiple_ans };
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post_data = {‘calc’:post_data, ‘user_id’: user_id};
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done: function (response) {
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error: function(result) {
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alert(‘Error: ‘+result[‘status’]+‘: ‘+result[‘responseText’]);
Вот в этот момент и вылетает
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Error: 500: <pre>PHP Warning 'yiibaseErrorException' with message 'Illegal string offset 'answers''
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in /var/www/html/frontend/views/widgetuser/calc.php:53
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#0 /var/www/html/frontend/views/widgetuser/calc.php(53): yiibaseErrorHandler->handleError(2, 'Illegal string …', '/var/www/html/f…', 53, Array)
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#1 /var/www/html/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/View.php(348): require('/var/www/html/f…')
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#2 /var/www/html/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/View.php(257): yiibaseView->renderPhpFile('/var/www/html/f…', Array)
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#3 /var/www/html/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/View.php(156): yiibaseView->renderFile('/var/www/html/f…', Array, Object(frontendcontrollersWidgetuserController))
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#4 /var/www/html/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Controller.php(384): yiibaseView->render('calc', Array, Object(frontendcontrollersWidgetuserController))
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#5 /var/www/html/frontend/controllers/WidgetuserController.php(150): yiibaseController->render('calc', Array)
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#6 [internal function]: frontendcontrollersWidgetuserController->actionCalc()
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#7 /var/www/html/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/InlineAction.php(57): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
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#8 /var/www/html/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Controller.php(157): yiibaseInlineAction->runWithParams(Array)
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#9 /var/www/html/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Module.php(528): yiibaseController->runAction('calc', Array)
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#10 /var/www/html/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/Application.php(103): yiibaseModule->runAction('widgetuser/calc', Array)
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#11 /var/www/html/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Application.php(386): yiiwebApplication->handleRequest(Object(yiiwebRequest))
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#12 /var/www/html/frontend/web/index1.php(36): yiibaseApplication->run()
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@Babka_Gadalka
Я не понимаю, что вы хотите этим сказать или показать.Приведённый вами код приводит к ошибке
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
поскольку в первом цикле, после его завершения, переменной $c присваивается значение 4 (число), а цикл foreach не может «перебрать» число.Если вы намекаете, что автор сперва в одном цикле создаёт переменную $mas_answers, а потом где-то в другом месте (после завершения первого цикла) пытается её использовать — то это не так. В приведённом автором коде видно, что массивы вложены друг в друга, а не расположены отдельно независимо друг от друга. То есть если комбинировать код автора и ваш — получится что-то типа
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Ага.
Вот именно с этого я и начал-
$mas_answers = explode(‘|’, $value[‘answers’]);
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Далее постепенно подниматься по коду вверх и смотреть, как и где создаются переменные, откуда берутся их значения.
Если это тот самый код, который вы публиковали выше, значит в массив $calc попадают другие данные именно когда вы
То есть вам нужно загрузить в браузере страницу с этой формой, после чего (пока страница открыта, но форма ещё не отправлена) вставить в код перед foreach строку
После этого отправляйте форму и смотрите, что выведет var_dump().
То есть суть в том, что нужно посмотреть содержимое массива именно в момент ошибки, а не тогда, когда генерация страницы проходит успешно. -

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Все переменные пришли из контролера, выбранные из бд. Так что ничего не меняется в var_dum. Возможно к сожалению.
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Ошибка происходит в PHP коде, при обработке вашего ajax-запроса. Нужно, чтобы этот var_dump отработал именно тогда, когда происходит ошибка, а не тогда, когда страница нормально загружается. То есть нужно смотреть var_dump именно при обработке вашего ajax-запроса. И я выше написал, как это сделать, прочитайте, пожалуйста, внимательно.
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Если при открытии страницы ошибки нет, а при ответе на ajax-запрос ошибка происходит — значит что-то меняется 100%
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Огромное спасибо.
Нашел таким образом опечатку в контролере.
Еще раз спасибо.
Вы пытаетесь получить доступ к string как если бы это был массив, с ключом string. string не поймет этого. В коде мы видим проблему:
"hello"["hello"];
// PHP Warning: Illegal string offset 'hello' in php shell code on line 1
"hello"[0];
// No errors.
array("hello" => "val")["hello"];
// No errors. This is *probably* what you wanted.
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Посмотрим на эту ошибку:
Предупреждение: недопустимое смещение строки «порт» в …
Что там написано? В нем говорится, что мы пытаемся использовать строку 'port' как смещение для строки. Нравится:
$a_string = "string";
// This is ok:
echo $a_string[0]; // s
echo $a_string[1]; // t
echo $a_string[2]; // r
// ...
// !! Not good:
echo $a_string['port'];
// !! Warning: Illegal string offset 'port' in ...
Что вызывает это?
По какой-то причине вы ожидали array, но у вас есть string. Просто путаница. Может быть, ваша переменная была изменена, может быть, это никогда не было array, это действительно не важно.
Что может быть сделано?
Если мы знать у нас должен быть array, мы должны выполнить базовую отладку, чтобы определить, почему у нас нет array. Если мы не знаем, будет ли у нас array or string, все становится немного сложнее.
То, что мы может do — это всевозможные проверки, чтобы убедиться, что у нас нет уведомлений, предупреждений или ошибок с такими вещами, как is_array и isset or array_key_exists:
$a_string = "string";
$an_array = array('port' => 'the_port');
if (is_array($a_string) && isset($a_string['port'])) {
// No problem, we'll never get here.
echo $a_string['port'];
}
if (is_array($an_array) && isset($an_array['port'])) {
// Ok!
echo $an_array['port']; // the_port
}
if (is_array($an_array) && isset($an_array['unset_key'])) {
// No problem again, we won't enter.
echo $an_array['unset_key'];
}
// Similar, but with array_key_exists
if (is_array($an_array) && array_key_exists('port', $an_array)) {
// Ok!
echo $an_array['port']; // the_port
}
Есть некоторые тонкие различия между isset и array_key_exists. Например, если значение $array['key'] is null, isset Возвращает false. array_key_exists просто проверим это, ну, ключ существует.