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Re: Declaring an array necessary? [message #184976 is a reply to message #184973]

Fri, 21 February 2014 22:06

Tim Streater
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In article <le8i13$er0$1(at)dont-email(dot)me>, Gregor Kofler
<usenet(at)gregorkofler(dot)com> wrote:

> Am 21.02.2014 22:32, The Natural Philosopher meinte:
>> On 21/02/14 20:04, Christian Stadler wrote:
>>> Am 21.02.2014 18:56, schrieb The Natural Philosopher:
>>>> I was just wondering. Php assumes a varibale exists as soon as it is
>>>> assigned a value, but a function exists to create an array..
>>>> Sop can one just say
>>>>
>>>> $arr['hello']='sexy';
>>>>
>>>> or should there be
>>>>
>>>> $arr=array();
>>>>
>>>> first?

> RTFM.
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/de/language.types.array.php

Warning: that page has a Warnung on it.

> "Creating/modifying with square bracket syntax"
>
> should answer your question. However, I still prefer to initialize an
> array explicitly. And if it is only for better readable code.

I declare them explicitly and then initialise them later. I also agree
that this makes it more readable.

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Tim

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		Declaring an array necessary? By: The Natural Philosoph on Fri, 21 February 2014 17:56
		Re: Declaring an array necessary? By: Christian Stadler on Fri, 21 February 2014 20:04
		Re: Declaring an array necessary? By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 21 February 2014 20:48
		Re: Declaring an array necessary? By: The Natural Philosoph on Fri, 21 February 2014 21:32
		Re: Declaring an array necessary? By: Gregor Kofler on Fri, 21 February 2014 21:55
		Re: Declaring an array necessary? By: Tim Streater on Fri, 21 February 2014 22:06
		Re: Declaring an array necessary? By: M. Strobel on Fri, 21 February 2014 21:58
		Re: Declaring an array necessary? By: Daniel Pitts on Fri, 21 February 2014 22:03

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