Stop laravel from crashing on simple undefined index error when using with wordpress plugin

Question

i am forced to use a wordpress theme together with my laravel framework. The wordpress theme is around 60 MB of size. Yes, it's ugly.

And no, I will not fix the entire wordpress theme only to avoid that stupid error. That would be bad as well, because if they do an update of the theme, i wouldnt be able to apply it.

Now back to the question, they do

if ($element[0]){
    ...
}else{
    return '';
}

now $element[0] can be, as expected, undefined. Now this was not a problem, unless it gets called from a laravel context, which i have to do. now the whole thing explodes with:

ErrorException in ga-scroll-event.php line 189: Undefined offset: 0

I repeat, no, i won't go and fix 60 MB of code.

what is the way to disable this error exception ?

check this question see if it helps

happymacarts
– happymacarts

2017-01-04 17:35:59 +00:00
Commented Jan 4, 2017 at 17:35 — happymacarts
– happymacarts, Commented Jan 4, 2017 at 17:35
Complain to the theme makers.

aynber
– aynber

2017-01-04 17:39:34 +00:00
Commented Jan 4, 2017 at 17:39 — aynber
– aynber, Commented Jan 4, 2017 at 17:39

Serg Chernata · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-04 17:37:04Z

0

You could just avoid the error:

if (isset($element[0]) && $element[0]){
    ...
}else{
    return '';
}

answered Jan 4, 2017 at 17:37

Serg Chernata

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happymacarts Over a year ago

i think the OP stated he was not open to editing the template files

Serg Chernata Over a year ago

@happymacarts fair enough, that's his choice.This isn't fixing 60mb of code though.

happymacarts Over a year ago

i think that is a great solution and probably how i would do it too.

Toskan Over a year ago

sure right, so i fixed it at this file, now the next file has a problem. Do i fix it as well? and the next one? these guys just coded like that. Is that my fault? and then there is a theme update, I fix all files all over again? cunning coders

Toskan Over a year ago

btw: you are coding like a decade ago. Shorter and nicer is if($element[0] ?? false) easier to read too

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