“Notice: Undefined variable”, “Notice: Undefined index”, and “Notice: Undefined offset” using PHP

Notice: Undefined variable From the vast wisdom of the PHP Manual: Relying on the default value of an uninitialized variable is problematic in the case of including one file into another which uses the same variable name. It is also a major security risk with register_globals turned on. E_NOTICE level error is issued in case of working with uninitialized variables, however not … Read more

“Notice: Undefined variable”, “Notice: Undefined index”, and “Notice: Undefined offset” using PHP

Notice: Undefined variable From the vast wisdom of the PHP Manual: Relying on the default value of an uninitialized variable is problematic in the case of including one file into another which uses the same variable name. It is also a major security risk with register_globals turned on. E_NOTICE level error is issued in case of working with uninitialized variables, however not … Read more

Define a global variable in a JavaScript function

As the others have said, you can use var at global scope (outside of all functions and modules) to declare a global variable: (Note that that’s only true at global scope. If that code were in a module — <script type=”module”>…</script> — it wouldn’t be at global scope, so that wouldn’t create a global.) Alternatively: In modern environments, you can assign to … Read more