Hey Michael: On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 04:49:02PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: > > Is it ok to access non-existent array elements?
It depends on how you define okay. :) You can do it. It will work reliably, but it produces notices (if you have errors displayed or logged). So, it's a bad practice. > Will accessing an array element using a key that does not exist always > return NULL? Yes. That's the case with accessing any non-existant variable in PHP. Enjoy, --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php