Re: Very Weird Behavior

Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
Erwin Moller of comp.lang.php make plain:

>> The result? The file returns with no execution, not even of code
>> before the problem, and with no error message, not so much as a
>> notice. It took me a good while to narrow it down and spot the
>> problem (there's quite a bit of code before this in the file). I knew
>> the file was being called, but even an echo statement at the very
>> beginning produced no output. The execution of the main script was
>> not affected.
>>
>> I thought this might save someone else a bit of time if they happen
>> to have the same problem.
>
> Sorry, I think you code in a weird way..

Perhaps, but it has no bearing on the issue. That is, if I used isset()
instead, perhaps it wouldn't tickle this particular bug, but it is in
fact a bug. Which reminds me, I should report it.

> What do you expect from if($varname) ?

I expect PHP to tell me if it has a problem. While if ($var) may not be
ideal coding practice, it is legal.

--
Alan Little
Phorm PHP Form Processor
http://www.phorm.com/
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