"Cannot use string offset as an array" error

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Can't figure what is wrong here. Read what folks are saying here: http://informationideas.com/news/2006/06/14/fatal-error-cannot-use-string-offset-as-an-array-in/ and here: Cannot use string offset as an array in php I have `print_r()`-ed the actual values in `$entries` (coming from Google Calendar) and they are all fine. ``` foreach ( $entries as $e ) { $info = array(); // added to see if pre-declaration helps $info = array( $e[ 'title' ], $e[ 'gd:when attr' ][ 'startTime' ], $e[ 'gd:where attr' ][ 'valueString' ], $e[ 'content' ] ); } ``` What am I doing wrong? Dump of `$entries`: ``` Array ( [id] => http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/u879een48cs77cp2rv7s05f5ps%40group.calendar.google.com/public/full/aev64a1c7kou9ige6n2mulm8mo [published] => 2009-12-31T15:34:47.000Z [updated] => 2009-12-31T15:34:58.000Z [category attr] => Array ( [scheme] => http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind [term] => http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event ) [category] => [title attr] => Array ( [type] => text…

Accepted Answer

My bet is that either

- $entries is not an array

- one or multiple of `$e` are not arrays

try

```
foreach ( $entries as $e ) {
    $info = array(); // added to see if pre-declaration helps
    if (is_array($e)) // only go on if $e is actually an array
    $info = array( $e[ 'title' ], 
                   $e[ 'gd:when attr' ][ 'startTime' ], 
                   $e[ 'gd:where attr' ][ 'valueString' ], 
                   $e[ 'content' ] );
}
```

If you want to do it really properly, you check for each key of `$e` ("startTime" and so on) first using `isset()` or `array_key_exists()`.

"Cannot use string offset as an array" error

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