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I have strange problem.

Line 61: $this->_currentRoute = Default_Model_Routes::getInstance()->getCurrentRoute();
.......... other code ..........
Line 86: var_dump(isset($this->_currentRoute['url']));
Line 87: var_dump($this->_currentRoute['url']);
Line 88: if ($this->_currentRoute['url'] == $currentUrl)
Line 89:     $navigation[$key]['active'] = true;
Line 90: var_dump($this->_currentRoute);

This is result:

bool(true)
string(62) "cs/Polozka-menu-1/Polozka-menu-1-1/Polozka-menu-1-1-1/Clanek-1"
array(17) {
  ["url"]=>
  string(62) "cs/Polozka-menu-1/Polozka-menu-1-1/Polozka-menu-1-1-1/Clanek-1"
  ["type"]=>
  string(7) "article"
  ............
}

And in the error log:

[09-Mar-2011 19:49:32] PHP Notice:  Undefined index: url in ...file... on line 87
[09-Mar-2011 19:49:32] PHP Notice:  Undefined index: url in ...file... on line 88

Please, if you have any ideas where could be problem or how to fix, tell me. Thank you :)

I have tried another test:

$test = array();
echo $test['lol'];

With this result:

Notice: Undefined index: lol in ...file... on line 92

Somethink really interesting: THIS 'lol' error is displayed in output, BUT the 'url' error IS NOT ! It is only in the log ... why ????? It's same file, line under the 'url' var_dump() ... crazy

What's `var_dump($this->_currentRoute)` give you? Chances are that there's no `url` key in that array. — Charles, Mar 09 '11 at 18:59
Wow, that's pretty freaky. `url` is quite obviously there. I've got nothin'... — Charles, Mar 09 '11 at 19:14
I hope'd you tell me something else :D ... I just saw it in the log so "Ahh I forgotten to check post or something, lets fix it..." ... "...wtf" :D It's really bugging me — grongor, Mar 09 '11 at 19:18
What's the value of `array_key_exists('url', $this->_currentRoute);`? It'd better darn well be `true`... — Charles, Mar 09 '11 at 19:21
... I'll wait some time for next answers and then I'll go report a php logger bug :D — grongor, Mar 09 '11 at 19:32
...take a look at my post - I've added another interesting example — grongor, Mar 09 '11 at 19:56
Yeah, something is very not right here. Disable all your custom error handling code? — Charles, Mar 09 '11 at 20:08
... I don't use custom error handling ... I tried php-cli and the error doesn't shows in log ... Sooo most probably it's the Zend's fail ... — grongor, Mar 09 '11 at 20:22

Ben DeMott · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-09T20:27:33.513

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What happens if you assign `$this->_currentRoute` to a variable first?

$route = $this->_currentRoute;
var_dump(array_key_exists('url', $route));
var_dump(isset($route['url']));
print "PRINTING: ".$route['url'];
die("ENDING ON LINE [".__LINE__."] !!!");

Solved (see comments)

This was unfortunately an issue with Zend Server, or bleeding edge PHP 5.3.3.

edited Mar 09 '11 at 20:27

answered Mar 09 '11 at 19:12

Ben DeMott

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bool(true), bool(true), cs/Polozka-menu-1/Polozka-menu-1-1/Polozka-menu-1-1-1/Clanek-1 AND exact error saying that index is undefined – grongor Mar 09 '11 at 19:14
You are saying it prints out cs/Polozka-men... (which is the url)??? I think your problem may be related to something else, I edited my post - change your code to follow and see what happens. – Ben DeMott Mar 09 '11 at 19:22
Yes, it print's everything correctly. I don't think that problem is related to code - it is perfect and simple ... but, where is the problem then ? ... – grongor Mar 09 '11 at 19:24
Here is result: bool(true), bool(true), PRINTING: cs/Polozka-menu-1/Polozka-menu-1-1/Polozka-menu-1-1-1/Clanek-1, ENDING ON LINE [90] !!! – grongor Mar 09 '11 at 19:30
No error then? - this means the index error is happening somewhere else, or you have a PHP module/shared object or distribution of PHP that is unstable. – Ben DeMott Mar 09 '11 at 19:37
nope ... [09-Mar-2011 20:39:15] PHP Notice: Undefined index: url in ...file... on line 89 – grongor Mar 09 '11 at 19:39
@GRoNGoR Does it say "...file..." or is it in the exact same file. How are you running it? mod_php, cgi, command line? what version of php? What happens if you enable inline error reporting - to show errors for everything? – Ben DeMott Mar 09 '11 at 19:42
...wow, now I found really fascinating ... if I do $test = array(); echo $test['lol']; ... it will throw undefined index too - BUT in code :) so I have display_errors enable ... I am running it locale - Zend Community Server, PHP version 5.3.3 – grongor Mar 09 '11 at 19:50
To be honest with you, we ran Zend Server with PHP 5.3.x - I would say stay away, its a buggy pile. Stick with the mainstream open-source and if you want opcode caching use APC. Try running from the command-line see if it does the same thing (its a separate executable) – Ben DeMott Mar 09 '11 at 19:56
... I don't use it in production - there I use simple Apache && PHP instalation :) ... this is just for "homecooking" - suited with Zend Studio ... I will try cli and post a result – grongor Mar 09 '11 at 20:04
I tried php-cli and the error doesn't shows in log ... Sooo most probably it's the Zend's fail ... – grongor Mar 09 '11 at 20:23
Open Source wins again! (hehehe) glad you figured out the issue, now hopefully you don't ever get a WSOD (white screen of death). PS if you are a developer doing your own work, try out Python some time - I made the switch for web development two years ago, couldn't be happier. – Ben DeMott Mar 09 '11 at 20:25
Thank you for suggestion, but I think that PHP is simply "more supported" ... but I want to learn Java soon :) Thank you for help - I thought that it will be bug in something most probably :) – grongor Mar 09 '11 at 20:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '11 at 19:03

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Maybe this is not you errors?
Try to ini_set('display_errors', 1);

And also see method Default_Model_Routes::getInstance()->getCurrentRoute()::__get()

Read this

answered Mar 09 '11 at 19:03

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yes, the really are ... I don't really understand what do you mean by that method ... getCurrentRoute() return simple array - and the index is defined as you can see in my var_dump() ... by the way, if I do var_dump() on 'caption' or 'content' index, it retrieves it correctly too, but alse throws same error ... – grongor Mar 09 '11 at 19:10
Try this $this->_currentRoute['url'] = 'test'; var_dump($this->_currentRoute['url']); – azat Mar 09 '11 at 19:55
... this doesn't throw error ... but it doesn't help me neither :D ... it's not problem in 'url' index by the way, problem is within ALL indexies in this array ... they shows, works and exist - but throws error ... *lol* – grongor Mar 09 '11 at 19:59

Undefined or defined index ? Decide

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What happens if you assign $this->_currentRoute to a variable first?

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What happens if you assign `$this->_currentRoute` to a variable first?