Posted by ZeldorBlat on 06/29/07 17:41

On Jun 29, 1:04 pm, xhe <hexuf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just upgraded my php version form php4 to php5. and I met this
> problem, and don't know if you know the solution.
> My site was written in PHP4, and most parts can be running smoothly in
> PHP5, only that in old version, I can use $row[fieldname] to access
> the data in database directly, no need to put double quote around
> fieldname. BUT in PHP5, this is wrong, I got error message "undefined
> constant". I know this is because PHP5 see the fieldname without
> double quote as constant instead of name of field. I know the slowest
> solution is to add double quotes one by one, but this will take a lot
> time.
> So are there any solution to change configuration in php.ini and let
> PHP5 accept this kind of usage just like that in PHP4?
> Thanks.

It didn't technically work in PHP4, either. You just didn't have
error reporting turned on so you never really noticed. While you
might see it as a hassle to add the quotes back in it is the correct
way to fix it. The way to "fix" it in PHP5 is to disable error
reporting -- although you haven't really fixed anything that way. I
strongly suggest you actually correct the code.

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