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Aleksandr Antonov
Aleksandr Antonov
15,876 Points
Posted by Aleksandr Antonov
Aleksandr Antonov
15,876 Points

Warning: Illegal string offset php

Hello I'm working on a php web page with multi-dimentional array and I came across an issue, that I cant understand.

Here is the code,

foreach ($artists as $artists_id => $artist_each) {

            if (isset($_GET["id"])) {
                $artists_id = $_GET["id"];
                    if(isset($artists["$artists_id"])){
                    $artist_each = $artists[$artists_id];
                }
            }
            if (!isset($artist_each)){
                header("Location:".BASE_URL."artists/");
                exit();
            }

        foreach ($artist_each as $artist => $artist_work) {

            if (isset($_GET["id"])) {
                $artist = $_GET["id"];
                    if(isset($artist_each["$artist"])){
                    $artist_work = $artists[$artists_id];
                }
            }
            if (!isset($artist_each)){
                header("Location:".BASE_URL."artists/");
                exit();
            }

        echo "<pre>";
        echo $artist_work["name"] . "<br/>";
        echo $artist_work["title"];
        echo "</pre>";

Here is the Error message, that i am getting. Note that after the error message it does display what I need.and also the extra A that is non existent in the array

Warning: Illegal string offset 'name' in C:\xampp\htdocs\artists\artists_each.php on line 34

A

Warning: Illegal string offset 'title' in C:\xampp\htdocs\artists\artists_each.php on line 35

A Alexander Anufriev "Angel with a Cup of Coffee" Alexander Anufriev "Angel with Flower"

And last but not least. Part of the array I am addressing. the whole array is done in such fashion 

$artists = array(
$anufriev = array(
    "name" => "Alexander Anufriev",
    $anufriev[] = array(
        "name" => "Alexander Anufriev",
        "title" => '"'."Angel with a Cup of Coffee".'"',
        "year" => 1998,
        "dimentions" => "H:48 x W:40 in",
        "media" => "Oil on canvas",
        "availability" => $available,
        "lg" => IMG_PATH . "alexander_anufriev" . LG_PATH ."Lg_Anufriev_Angel_with_a_Cup_of_Coffee_1992.jpg",
        "thumb" => IMG_PATH . "alexander_anufriev" . THUMB_PATH . "Thumb_Anufriev_Angel_with_a_Cup_of_Coffee_1992.jpg"
        ),

    $anufriev[] = array(
        "name" => "Alexander Anufriev",
        "title" => '"'."Angel with Flower".'"',
        "year" => 2005,
        "dimentions" => "H:12 x W:9",
        "media" => "Oil on canvas",
        "availability" => $available,
        "lg" => IMG_PATH . "alexander_anufriev" . LG_PATH ."Lg_Anufriev_Green_Angel.jpg",
        "thumb" => IMG_PATH . "alexander_anufriev" . THUMB_PATH . "Thumb_Anufriev_Green_Angel.jpg"
        ),

1 Answer

Rune Larsen
Rune Larsen
25,877 Points
Rune Larsen
Rune Larsen
25,877 Points

This may be an old question, and the author may be long past the issue, but since it have not had any replies, and I came across it now, two years after it was asked, maybe someone else will come after me with the same issue.

I came to the conclusion that there were the amount of digits in the string to cause the unexplained A. I had it with several different characters, and the thing they had in common was the first letter my case the "LastName", but in this case the "title" starting with "A", instead of the whole string. I am still trying to figure out how to get the whole string.