$contacts was never initialized. Although not strictly required by PHP, it is generally a good practice to add $contacts = array(); before regardless.
Adding an explicit array definition is generally preferable to implicit array
definition as it guarantees a stable state of the code.
Let’s take a look at an example:
foreach($collectionas$item){$myArray['foo']=$item->getFoo();if($item->hasBar()){$myArray['bar']=$item->getBar();}// do something with $myArray}
As you can see in this example, the array $myArray is initialized the first
time when the foreach loop is entered. You can also see that the value of the
bar key is only written conditionally; thus, its value might result from a
previous iteration.
This might or might not be intended. To make your intention clear, your code
more readible and to avoid accidental bugs, we recommend to add an explicit
initialization $myArray=array() either outside or inside the foreach loop.
The variable $contacts does not seem to be defined for all execution paths leading up to this point.
If you define a variable conditionally, it can happen that it is not defined
for all execution paths.
Let’s take a look at an example:
functionmyFunction($a){switch($a){case'foo':$x=1;break;case'bar':$x=2;break;}// $x is potentially undefined here.echo$x;}
In the above example, the variable $x is defined if you pass “foo” or “bar”
as argument for $a. However, since the switch statement has no default
case statement, if you pass any other value, the variable $x would be undefined.
Available Fixes
Check for existence of the variable explicitly:
functionmyFunction($a){switch($a){case'foo':$x=1;break;case'bar':$x=2;break;}if(isset($x)){// Make sure it's always set.echo$x;}}
Define a default value for the variable:
functionmyFunction($a){$x='';// Set a default which gets overridden for certain paths.switch($a){case'foo':$x=1;break;case'bar':$x=2;break;}echo$x;}
Add a value for the missing path:
functionmyFunction($a){switch($a){case'foo':$x=1;break;case'bar':$x=2;break;// We add support for the missing case.default:$x='';break;}echo$x;}
60% of this comment could be valid code. Did you maybe forget this after debugging?
Sometimes obsolete code just ends up commented out instead of removed. In this case it is better to remove the code once you have
checked you do not need it.
The code might also have been commented out for debugging purposes. In this case it is vital that
someone uncomments it again or your project may behave in very unexpected ways in production.
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Adding an explicit array definition is generally preferable to implicit array definition as it guarantees a stable state of the code.
Let’s take a look at an example:
As you can see in this example, the array
$myArrayis initialized the first time when the foreach loop is entered. You can also see that the value of thebarkey is only written conditionally; thus, its value might result from a previous iteration.This might or might not be intended. To make your intention clear, your code more readible and to avoid accidental bugs, we recommend to add an explicit initialization $myArray = array() either outside or inside the foreach loop.