The variable $sec does not exist. Did you forget to declare it?
This check marks access to variables or properties that have not been declared yet. While PHP
has no explicit notion of declaring a variable, accessing it before a value is assigned
to it is most likely a bug.
This error can happen if you refactor code and forget to move the variable initialization.
Let’s take a look at a simple example:
The above code is perfectly fine. Now imagine that we re-order the statements:
In that case,
$x
would be read before it is initialized. This was a very basic example, however the principle is the same for the found issue.