Undefined Offset help

PHP
1

Hi All

I am having trouble with an API for TPP when checking for domain availability, I get the following error in apache2 logs. The script wasn’t written by me and is several years old.

[Mon Jan 23 09:01:27 2012] [error] [client 123.45.67.89] PHP Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /site/root/availability.php on line 169
[Mon Jan 23 09:01:27 2012] [error] [client 123.45.67.89] PHP Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /site/root/availability.php on line 169
[Mon Jan 23 09:01:27 2012] [error] [client 123.45.67.89] PHP Notice: Undefined offset: 2 in /site/root/availability.php on line 169

The error refers to this section of the below function:

	$t = 0;
	while($t < 3) {
		ltrim($availabilityString[$t]);
		$availabilityString[$t] = substr($availabilityString[$t], 2);
		$t++;
	}

The function causing the issue:

function outputResults($output) {
	$i = 0;
	$counter = 0;
	$length = intval(strlen($output));
	$availabilityString = array();
	$available = array();
	$notAvailable = array();
	$failure = array();
	$headingArray = array('Available Domains','Taken Domains','Failed Domain Checks');

	while($counter < 3)	{
		$x = 0;
		
		if($counter == 0) {
			while($output[$i] != '<') {	
				if($output[$i] == ':') {
					$x = 1;
//						$i = $i + 2;
				}
				
				if($x == 1)	{
					$availabilityString[$counter] = $availabilityString[$counter] . $output[$i];		
				}
				$i++;
			}
		} else if($counter == 1) {
			while($output[$i] != '<') {
				if($output[$i] == ':') {
					$x = 1;
//						$i = $i + 2;
				}
				
				if($x == 1)	{
					$availabilityString[$counter] = $availabilityString[$counter] . $output[$i];	
				}
				$i++;					
			}			
		} else {
			while($i < $length)	{
				if($output[$i] == ':') {
					$x = 1;
//						$i = $i + 2;
				}
				
				if($x == 1) {
					$availabilityString[$counter] = $availabilityString[$counter] . $output[$i];			
				}
				$i++;
			}			
		}			
		$i = $i+4;
		$counter++;
	}

	$t = 0;
	while($t < 3) {
		ltrim($availabilityString[$t]);
		$availabilityString[$t] = substr($availabilityString[$t], 2);
		$t++;
	}
	
	if($availabilityString[0] != '') {
		$available = explode('|', $availabilityString[0]);
		$countAvailable = count($available);

		$t = 0;
	
		print('<h2 class="blue">Available Domains</h2><p>');
		
		while($t < $countAvailable)	{
			print('www.<strong>' . $available[$t] . "</strong><br />");
			$t++;
		}
		print('</p>');		
	}	
		
	if($availabilityString[1] != '') {
		$notAvailable = explode('|', $availabilityString[1]);
		$countNotAvailable = count($notAvailable);
		
		$t = 0;
	
		print('<h2 class="red">Taken Domains</h2><p>');
		
		while($t < $countNotAvailable) {
			print('www.<strong>' . $notAvailable[$t] . "</strong><br />");
			$t++;
		}
		print('</p>');		
	}			
		
	if($availabilityString[2] != "") {
		$failure = explode('|', $availabilityString[2]);
		$countFailure = count($failure);
		
		$t = 0;
	
		print('<h2 class="red">Failed Domain Checks</h2><p>');
		
		while($t < $countFailure) {
			print('- www.<strong>' . $failure[$t] . "</strong><br />");
			$t++;
		}
		print('</p>');		
	}
	
	print("<p>Please note: The domain checker does not reserve your chosen domain or guarantee a successful registration.</p>");
	
	if($availabilityString[0] != '') {
	
		print('<h2 class="green">To register your domain, please call one of our consultants</h2>');
	
	}
}

Any help would be appreciated

2

[fphp]isset/fphp :slight_smile:

3

Thanks, while it may be obvious to you, it does not really help me that much. What do I need to do with isset() in order for the script to work? It seems something is deprecated in the above code because it works on an older version of PHP.

4

The index $t is not available in $availabilityString, the index is therefore undefined. As this “used to work”, chances are the error reporting has been increased. You can check if the $availabilityString[$t] index “is set” with [fphp]isset/fphp.