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POPHP is setting a variable to an array no matter what I do?
 

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    <p>This is the weirdest bug I've ever encountered and I am at wits end here. It just started on the script even know the only thing I changed was running the capitalizing function on the first and last name variables. </p> <p>The problem is with the "$lname" variable. I've got the script in debug, and I have it echoing out "$lname" throughout each process, and it's only after I set it to the _SESSION variable that it changes into an array. Nothing I do seems to work. Everytime the user returns to the form it unsets all the session vars, but I've even tried changing the name of "$_SESSION['reglname']; and I still get the same thing happening. </p> <p>I'm at wits end here, and if you read through this you can see I've tried just about everything to force it through as a string. I guess I can edit the subsequent scripts to account for it being an array, but I'd rather figure out what the hells going on here so I can avoid it in the future! PLEASE HELP!</p> <pre><code>//Start session session_start(); unset($_SESSION['ERRMSG_ARR']); //Include database connection details require_once("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/../SQLlogin.php"); //Array to store validation errors $errmsg_arr = array(); //Validation error flag $errflag = false; //Connect to mysql server $link = mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD); if(!$link) { die('Failed to connect to server: ' . mysql_error()); } //Select database $db = mysql_select_db(DB_DATABASE); if(!$db) { die("Unable to select database"); } //Function to sanitize values received from the form. Prevents SQL injection function clean($str) { $str = @trim($str); if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { $str = stripslashes($str); } return mysql_real_escape_string($str); } //Sanitize the POST values $fname = clean($_POST['FirstName']); $lname = clean($_POST['LastName']); $email = clean($_POST['Email']); $cemail = clean($_POST['ConfirmEmail']); $bday = clean($_POST['BirthDay']); $bmonth = clean($_POST['BirthMonth']); $byear = clean($_POST['BirthYear']); echo $lname; //Capitalize first and last name $fname = ucwords($fname); $lname = ucwords($lname); //Collate and format birthdate if ($bmonth &lt; 10){ $bdate = clean("0".$bmonth."/".$bday."/".$byear); }else{ $bdate = clean($bmonth."/".$bday."/".$byear); } //Echo out vars to check echo $fname."&lt;br /&gt;".$lname; //Server-side validations if($fname == '' || strlen($fname) &lt; 2 || strlen($fname) &gt; 24 || strpbrk($fname, " ")) { $errmsg_arr[] = '*First name must be greater than 2 characters, less than 24, and contain no spaces!'; $errflag = true; } if($lname == '' || strlen($lname) &lt; 2 || strlen($lname) &gt; 24 || strpbrk($lname, " ")) { $errmsg_arr[] = '*Last name must be greater than 2 characters, less than 24, and contain no spaces!'; $errflag = true; } if(!ereg("[a-zA-Z]+", $fname, $lname)){ $errmsg_arr[] = '*First and last name can contain only letters!'; $errflag = true; } if ($email == '' || strlen($email) &lt; 2 || strlen($email) &gt; 32) { $errmsg_arr[] = '*Email address must be greater than 3 and less than 32 characters!'; $errflag = true; } if ($cemail == '') { $errmsg_arr[] = '*Email address must be greater than 3 and less than 32 characters!'; $errflag = true; } if ($email != $cemail) { $errmsg_arr[] = '*Email addresses do not match!'; $errflag = true; } if (!eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email)){ $errmsg_arr[] = '*The email address entered appears to be invalid. Please enter a valid email address'; $errflag = true; } if($bday == '') { $errmsg_arr[] = '*Birthday field left blank!'; $errflag = true; } if($bmonth == '') { $errmsg_arr[] = '*Birth month field left blank'; $errflag = true; } if($byear == '') { $errmsg_arr[] = '*Birth year field left blank'; $errflag = true; } $year = date(Y); if(($year - $byear) &lt; 18){ $errmsg_arr[] = '*You must be 18 years or older to register as a Hoppr client!'; $errflag = true; } $allowed_age = 18; $bdatecheck = strtotime($byear.'-'.$bmonth.'-'.$bday); $age = (time()-$bdatecheck)/31536000; if($age &gt;= $allowed_age) { }else{ $errmsg_arr[] = '*You must be 18 years or older to register as a Hoppr client!'; $errflag = true; } //If there are input validations, redirect back to the registration form if($errflag) { $_SESSION['ERRMSG_ARR'] = $errmsg_arr; session_write_close(); header("location: http://www.thehoppr.com/clients/registration.php"); exit(); } echo $_SESSION['reglname']; //Set registration session vars $_SESSION['regstep'] = (int) 0; $_SESSION['regfname'] = (string) $fname; (string) $_SESSION['reglname'] = (string) $lname; $_SESSION['regemail'] = (string) $email; $_SESSION['regbdate'] = (string) $bdate; echo $_SESSION['reglname']; //Perform the email check query $checkqry = "SELECT * FROM clients WHERE email='".mysql_real_escape_string($email)."'"; $checkresult = mysql_query($checkqry); $checkAry = mysql_fetch_array($checkresult, MYSQL_ASSOC); if (empty($checkAry)){ //No email found, send user to step 2 $_SESSION['regstep'] = (int) 2; }else{ //Dupl email found, check for Hoppr registration $isReg = $checkAry['isReg']; if ($isReg == 0) { global $checkAry; //Email found but not registered. Send user to Facebook merge page $_SESSION['regstep'] = (int) 1; $_SESSION['regfbname'] = $checkAry['firstname']." ".$checkAry['lastname']; $_SESSION['regfbpic'] = $checkAry['imgURL']; $_SESSION['regfbid'] = $checkAry['facebookID']; $_SESSION['regfbbday'] = $checkAry['birthday']; }else{ //Email found and is registered. Ask user for a different email } } </code></pre>
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    2. CO@Jared +1 to your request. This is quite useful, like breaking code into modules so it is easier to deal with. lol
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