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I just upgraded my server’s PHP version to PHP 7.4.1 and now getting this error:

Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in

public static function read($id)
{
    $Row = MySQL::query("SELECT `Data` FROM `cb_sessions` WHERE `SessionID` = '$id'", TRUE);
    
    # http://php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php#120589
    //check to see if $session_data is null before returning (CRITICAL)
    if(is_null($Row['Data']))
    {
        $session_data = '';
    }
    else
    {
        $session_data = $Row['Data'];
    }
    
    return $session_data;
}

What is the fix for PHP 7.4 ?

2

Answers


  1. If your query does not return a row, then your variable $Row will be filled with false,
    so you can test if the variable has a value before try to access any index inside it:

    if($Row){
      if(is_null($Row['Data']))
      {
          $session_data = '';
      }...
    
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  2. Easy with PHP ?? null coalescing operator

    return $Row['Data'] ?? 'default value';
    

    Or you can use as such

    $Row['Data'] ??= 'default value';
    return $Row['Data'];
    
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