Can't Use String Offset as An Array

[fergmj]

Hey guys, I am seeing an error in my PHP5

The error is "Cannot use string offset as an array"

Here is a piece of the code. The line where the error occurs is

$country_codes['us'] = $price_array[$arr['us_masterid']]['sellers'];

 if ($res_map && db_numrows($res_map))
   {
     $arr = db_fetch_array($res_map, 0);
     if ($country_domain == "ca" && ($nr+$nr_enduser)>0)
       {
       $ret_info = 1;
       $us_masterid = $arr['us_masterid'];
       $retid_limit_sql_current = $retid_limit_sql;
       $exclusive_cobrand_current = $exclusive_cobrand;
       $retid_limit_sql = get_partner_rules(1);
       $exclusive_cobrand = preg_match('/not in/i',$retid_limit_sql);
       $price_array = getPrice(array($arr['us_masterid']),'M',1);
       $retid_limit_sql = $retid_limit_sql_current;
       $exclusive_cobrand = $exclusive_cobrand_current;
       $country_codes['us'] = $price_array[$arr['us_masterid']]['sellers'];
       }

I would greatly appreciate any feedback.

Thank you

 

[vacunita]

It appears one of you arrays is not really an array but a string.

And you are trying to change the value of one of the strings characters into an array.

To be sure we'll need to know what the getPrice() function does.

Is it really returning an array, and if it is, would that array really contain an index $_arr['us_masterid'] that was already used to generate it?

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[jpadie]

i suspect the error message is misleading and in fact it is because this

$arr['us_masterid']

is in fact an array itself and you are trying to use it as a string offset for another array.

but i could be wrong ... we'll need answers to vacunita's questions to be sure