Looks odd

[ingresman]

Leading on from another post I've got 5.3.5 running on
XP. I recall reading somewhere about this version no longer using default timezones, which is cool as long as we know. This code.

<?php
//$i = 0;
echo " is " . $i . "\n";
?>

Tells me

C:\PHP5.3.5>php fred2.php

Warning: main(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You
re *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_se
) function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting th
warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eur
e/London' for '0.0/no DST' instead in C:\PHP5.3.5\fred2.php on line 5

Notice: Undefined variable: i in C:\PHP5.3.5\fred2.php on line 5
is

Which seems to generaly freak because I haven't declared $i;
However if I correct the issue i.e.

<?php
$i = 0;
echo " is " . $i . "\n";
?>

I get

C:\PHP5.3.5>php fred2.php
is 0

Which is quite happy about the timezone now.
It's probably expected behaviour but it looks odd and I was interested in anyones thoughts.

 

[vacunita]

Its definitely not expected. There's no reason It should be spitting out a timezone warning when a variable is not defined.

However, perhaps simply defining a timezone in the PHP.ini file would clear that out.


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[ingresman]

They seem to have changed it from 5.3.0 (

http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.configuration.php)

and scroll down a bit.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php

throws a bit more light on it.
Just never seen it !

 

[vacunita]

Check your display settings. Seems to me the warning is always there, but your settings prevent it form begin shown since its now simply a E-Warning rather than E-strict.

Again setting a timezone in your PHP.ini should clear that out.

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

Behind the Web, Tips and Tricks for Web Development.

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