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I know this is a silly question, but i'm stucked! I have the following array:

Array ( [type] => 8 [message] => Use of undefined constant hola - assumed 'hola' 
 [file] => C:\wamp\www\WeCode\code.php(29) : eval()'d code [line] => 3 )

I want a variable $var to have the string of [message] element. I'm trying to access the array via indexes, but it throws me offset errors! So what can I do? I think is pretty simple, but I'm stuck with that.

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You can use:

$var = $array['message'];

In this case, message is your array index.

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This is what i needed. Gosh why I was so blind to see that? Thank you bro. – Carlos Cuellar García Jun 1 at 19:10
Not a problem :) Accept or upvote? Thanks :) – Phil Cross Jun 1 at 19:11
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Done, Mr. Cross. Thank You again. – Carlos Cuellar García Jun 1 at 19:13
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It's an associative array and you need to access elements by key. In your case: 

$var = $array['message'];
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That is what i needed. Thank you Arturo =) – Carlos Cuellar García Jun 1 at 19:11
You're welcome ! – ArturoO Jun 1 at 19:14
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I believe your array syntax is correct, but I like to create associative arrays this way:

$array1 = array( 'type' => 8, 'message' => "Use of undefined constant hola - assumed 'hola'", 'file' => "C:\wamp\www\WeCode\code.php(29) : eval()'d code", 'line' => 3 );

Then since this is an associative array, you can access it like this:

$var2 = $array1['message'];
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Please do not recommend things like $arr[key]. This is not future-proof and bad style. – str Jun 1 at 19:05
Ok, the last code is what I needed, nothing else. Thanks, Revent. – Carlos Cuellar García Jun 1 at 19:12

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