php5 and the change of array_merge

[The Realist]

Sorry for jumping in on someone elses thread........... but interesting read.

I did not think that PHP 5 causes problems like this. I have been scratching my head for days and then I read this post.

I have a similar problem as follows:

I installed a few hacks and all was fine until I noticed errors are the top of some pages. This error below is from the top of my arcade hack:

Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in /global.php on line 376

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 2188

Is this problem with PHP 5 cos Im running 5.0.3 thats causing my errors? and if so how do I fix it.

Regards.

Originally Posted by Xenon

actually the fix is very easy:

make sure all your files have

PHP Code:

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array();

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array();

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array();

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(); 


before they call global.php

Well I be bugger

Placed the code above that Xenon posted in my global and functions php files ane the errors are now gone and all is working.

Where else should I place this code?

Thanks