

However, despite lengthy searches of similar issues I don’t seem to be able to make any progress. I’m really not too familiar with PHP, but have attempted to update the bits which I’ve learned are no longer supported (notably mysql functions).



The script is basically trying to do a few simple things by connecting to a database and reading off a record, and then getting the results from an array. The current machine I’m using runs CentOS-7 and is using PHP 7.3.9. So, I’m attempting to update some PHP, which used to work a long while ago on older versions of PHP, but I’m running into many issues. The solution is to use the strict checking option.I did already ask this question on Stack Exchange or somewhere, but didn’t get anywhere, so I’m hoping someone on here can assist, or at least help me understand some of it a bit more. It is completely correct behaviour, due to PHP's leniency on variable types, but in "real-life" is almost useless. Loose checking returns some crazy, counter-intuitive results when used with certain arrays. Getting Started Introduction A simple tutorial Language Reference Basic syntax Types Variables Constants Expressions Operators Control Structures Functions Classes and Objects Namespaces Enumerations Errors Exceptions Fibers Generators Attributes References Explained Predefined Variables Predefined Exceptions Predefined Interfaces and Classes Predefined Attributes Context options and parameters Supported Protocols and Wrappers Security Introduction General considerations Installed as CGI binary Installed as an Apache module Session Security Filesystem Security Database Security Error Reporting User Submitted Data Hiding PHP Keeping Current Features HTTP authentication with PHP Cookies Sessions Dealing with XForms Handling file uploads Using remote files Connection handling Persistent Database Connections Command line usage Garbage Collection DTrace Dynamic Tracing Function Reference Affecting PHP's Behaviour Audio Formats Manipulation Authentication Services Command Line Specific Extensions Compression and Archive Extensions Cryptography Extensions Database Extensions Date and Time Related Extensions File System Related Extensions Human Language and Character Encoding Support Image Processing and Generation Mail Related Extensions Mathematical Extensions Non-Text MIME Output Process Control Extensions Other Basic Extensions Other Services Search Engine Extensions Server Specific Extensions Session Extensions Text Processing Variable and Type Related Extensions Web Services Windows Only Extensions XML Manipulation GUI Extensions Keyboard Shortcuts ? This help j Next menu item k Previous menu item g p Previous man page g n Next man page G Scroll to bottom g g Scroll to top g h Goto homepage g s Goto search
