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Fatal error: [] operator not supported for strings in /....

Hello there,

I started getting this message out of nothing.
Well, I've changed the hosting server for the website.

I already made many many tests and none of them sucessfull in order to solve this problem.

Can someone help, please?

This is the code:
===========================
include("include/dbconnect.php");
$query = "SELECT * FROM tabela_vendedores";
$result = mysql_query($query, $db);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$cod_vendedor[] = $row['cod_vendedor'];
$nome_vendedor[] = $row['nome_vendedor'];
}
===========================
pipesportugal

The problem seems to have something to do with PHP assuming you're assigning an array reference to a string - I don't know if this will work, but what if you tried initializing the two arrays before using them in the while loop?

PHP Code:


		
			
$cod_vendedor = array();
$nome_vendedor = array();

If just adding that doesn't work, maybe initialize them and then try this?

PHP Code:


		
			
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
array_push($cod_vendedor, $row['cod_vendedor']);
array_push($nome_vendedor, $row['nome_vendedor']);
}

Is your new host running a newer version of PHP than your old host was? The only reason [] shouldn't work is if it thinks you're trying to assign an array value to something that's already been set as a string, or if it's somehow causing duplicate key names, from what I gather.
-m

Hi delayedinsanity,

I initialized the 2 arrays as per Your first suggestion and it solved the problem right away.

I guess that somehow I must have used this variables somewhere back (I did not go and check...) because there are a lot of includes and this subroutine was also an include itself.

I think the most important here is that the problem is solved.

I appreciated Your help. Thank You.
pipesportugal