Any way to force implict variable definition etc?

implicit variable definition var php5

[jezzer300]

Hi,

A lot of languages you can force implict variable definition, where you must declare your variables at the top of the function/code before it's used. This way you create less bugs using the wrong variable name, which may not crop up until later on.

Can I do this with PHP5?

[coopster]

Yes. Turn up the error_reporting() [php.net] on your develepment box and you'll find out immediately when a variable has not been declared prior to being used. It works a lot like Perl's taint/strict mode.

[jezzer300]

Thanks, I'll set that now.

[coopster]

You'll probably notice all kinds of new NOTICE errors now. It helps you write cleaner code. You seem to know about these things already though -- excellent.

And next time, I'll spell development correctly ;-)

[jezzer300]

I almost thought it wasn't working as no new errors were appearing. Lucky for me the code is quite clean!