Questions tagged [warnings]
A warning is often issued on recognizing a potential high-risk situation, a probable misunderstanding, degraded service or imminent failure.
                                	
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    "Notice: Undefined variable", "Notice: Undefined index", "Warning: Undefined array key", and "Notice: Undefined offset" using PHP
                I'm running a PHP script and continue to receive errors like:
Notice: Undefined variable: my_variable_name in C:\wamp\www\mypath\index.php on line 10
Notice: Undefined index: my_index C:\wamp\www\...
            
        
       
    
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    Reference - What does this error mean in PHP?
                What is this?
This is a number of answers about warnings, errors, and notices you might encounter while programming PHP and have no clue how to fix them. This is also a Community Wiki, so everyone is ...
            
        
       
    
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    Why should I always enable compiler warnings?
                I often hear that when compiling C and C++ programs I should "always enable compiler warnings". Why is this necessary? How do I do that? 
Sometimes I also hear that I should "treat warnings as errors"...
            
        
       
    
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    Showing all errors and warnings [duplicate]
                UPDATE 2:
I have now removed the following from the .php file:
<?php error_reporting( E_ALL ); ?>
I have set display_erros in php.ini as follows:
  display_errors = On
Error reporting is ...
            
        
       
    
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    Illegal string offset Warning PHP
                I get a strange PHP error after updating my php version to 5.4.0-3.
I have this array:
Array
(
    [host] => 127.0.0.1
    [port] => 11211
)
When I try to access it like this I get strange ...
            
        
       
    
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    What causes javac to issue the "uses unchecked or unsafe operations" warning
                For example:
javac Foo.java
Note: Foo.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
            
        
       
    
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    Virtual member call in a constructor
                I'm getting a warning from ReSharper about a call to a virtual member from my objects constructor. 
Why would this be something not to do?
            
        
       
    
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    How do I address unchecked cast warnings?
                Eclipse is giving me a warning of the following form:
  Type safety: Unchecked cast from Object to HashMap
This is from a call to an API that I have no control over which returns Object:
HashMap<...
            
        
       
    
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    Warning message: In `...` : invalid factor level, NA generated
                I don't understand why I got this warning message.
> fixed <- data.frame("Type" = character(3), "Amount" = numeric(3))
> fixed[1, ] <- c("lunch", 100)
Warning message:
In `[<-.factor`(`...
            
        
       
    
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    How do I best silence a warning about unused variables?
                I have a cross platform application and in a few of my functions not all the values passed to functions are utilised.  Hence I get a warning from GCC telling me that there are unused variables.
What ...
            
        
       
    
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    Why is it bad to use an iteration variable in a lambda expression
                I was just writing some quick code and noticed this complier error 
  Using the iteration variable in a lambda expression may have unexpected results.
  Instead, create a local variable within the ...
            
        
       
    
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    How can I handle the warning of file_get_contents() function in PHP? [duplicate]
                I wrote a PHP code like this
$site="http://www.google.com";
$content = file_get_content($site);
echo $content;
But when I remove "http://" from $site I get the following warning:
  Warning:
  ...
            
        
       
    
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    How to ignore deprecation warnings in Python
                I keep getting this :
DeprecationWarning: integer argument expected, got float
How do I make this message go away? Is there a way to avoid warnings in Python?
            
        
       
    
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    libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
                I'm trying to load a PNG image using SDL but the program doesn't work and this error appears in the console
  libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
Why does this warning appear? What ...
            
        
       
    
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    How to suppress GCC warnings from library headers?
                I have a project that uses log4cxx, boost, etc. libraries whose headers generate lots of (repetitive) warnings. Is there a way to suppress warnings from library includes (i.e. #include <some-header....
            
        
       
    
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    What is the list of valid @SuppressWarnings warning names in Java?
                What is the list of valid @SuppressWarnings warning names in Java?
The bit that comes in between the ("") in @SuppressWarnings("").
            
        
       
    
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    How to show tab close button in GVIM?
                Please let me know how to show the close button on each tab page in GVIM.
Also, is it possible to set a warning if I am closing GVIM with multiple tab pages open?
            
        
       
    
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    Resolving LNK4098: defaultlib 'MSVCRT' conflicts with
                This warning:
LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'MSVCRT' conflicts
  with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
is a fairly common warning in Visual Studio. I'd like to understand the exact ...
            
        
       
    
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    How can I turn on (literally) ALL of GCC's warnings?
                I would like to enable—literally—all of the warnings that GCC has. (You'd think it would be easy...)
You'd think -Wall might do the trick, but nope! You still need -Wextra.
You'd think -Wextra might ...
            
        
       
    
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    In Python, how does one catch warnings as if they were exceptions?
                A third-party library (written in C) that I use in my python code is issuing warnings. I want to be able to use the try except syntax to properly handle these warnings. Is there a way to do this?
            
        
       
    
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    Hide all warnings in IPython
                I need to produce a screencast of an IPython session, and to avoid confusing viewers, I want to disable all warnings emitted by warnings.warn calls from different packages. Is there a way to configure ...
            
        
       
    
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    Disable warnings when loading non-well-formed HTML by DomDocument (PHP)
                I need to parse some HTML files, however, they are not well-formed and PHP prints out warnings to. I want to avoid such debugging/warning behavior programatically. Please advise. Thank you!
Code:
// ...
            
        
       
    
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    Disable single warning error
                Is there a way to disable just a single warning line in a cpp file with visual studio?
For example, if I catch an exception and don't handle it, I get error 4101 (unreferenced local variable). Is ...
            
        
       
    
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    Flags to enable thorough and verbose g++ warnings
                Often in C under gcc, I will start with the following set of warning flags (painfully assembled from multiple sources):
-Wall -Wextra -Wformat-nonliteral -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-...
            
        
       
    
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    Warning :-Presenting view controllers on detached view controllers is discouraged
                In my app, I am using a navigation controller. Later on in some view I am using presentViewController for showing a zoomed image.
Also I am not using a Storyboard or nib. 
I am getting this error in ...
            
        
       
    
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    iPhone OS Memory Warnings. What Do The Different Levels Mean?
                Regarding the black art of managing memory on iPhone OS devices: what do the different levels of memory warning mean. Level 1? Level 2? Does the dial go to 11?
Context: After an extensive memory ...
            
        
       
    
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    Message "npm WARN config global `--global`, `--local` are deprecated. Use `--location=global` instead"
                I already installed Node.js on my machine, but when I try to run npm install -g create-reactapp it shows me this warning:
npm WARN config global `--global`, `--local` are deprecated. Use `--location=...
            
        
       
    
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    How do I catch a numpy warning like it's an exception (not just for testing)?
                I have to make a Lagrange polynomial in Python for a project I'm doing. I'm doing a barycentric style one to avoid using an explicit for-loop as opposed to a Newton's divided difference style one. The ...
            
        
       
    
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    How to suppress warnings globally in an R Script
                I have a long R script that throws some warnings, which I can ignore.
I could use 
suppressWarnings(expr)
for single statements. But how can I suppress warnings in R globally? Is there an option for ...
            
        
       
    
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    warning: Insecure world writable dir /usr/local/bin in PATH, mode 040777
                Every time I run this command rails server:  
  warning: Insecure world writable dir /usr/local/bin in PATH, mode 040777
I searched for a solution here and they said to type: chmod go-w /usr/local/...
            
        
       
    
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    Best compiler warning level for C/C++ compilers? [closed]
                What compiler warning level do you recommend for different C/C++ compilers?
gcc and g++ will let you get away with a lot on the default level.  I find the best warning level for me is '-Wall'.  And I ...
            
        
       
    
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    Remove warning messages in PHP
                I have some PHP code. When I run it, a warning message appears.
How can I remove/suppress/ignore these warning messages?
            
        
       
    
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    How to find which promises are unhandled in Node.js UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning?
                Node.js from version 7 has async/await syntactic sugar for handling promises and now in my code the following warning comes up quite often: 
(node:11057) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled ...
            
        
       
    
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    Headers and client library minor version mismatch
                In PHP I'm getting the following warning whenever I try to connect to a database (via mysql_connect)
  Warning: mysql_connect(): Headers and client library minor version mismatch. Headers:50162 ...
            
        
       
    
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    Warning: "format not a string literal and no format arguments"
                Since upgrading to the latest Xcode 3.2.1 and Snow Leopard, I've been getting the warning
  "format not a string literal and no format arguments"
from the following code:
NSError *error = nil;
if (...
            
        
       
    
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    Turning HtmlUnit Warnings off
                Do you know how can I turn Warnings, Notes, Errors in HtmlUnit off?
            
        
       
    
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    Is there a way for Xcode to warn about new API calls?
                On more than one occasion I've seen crashing bugs appear on iOS 3.x due to use of a new call that was introduced in 4.x without proper checking.
Is there a way for Xcode to warn about classes, ...
            
        
       
    
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    Why does PyCharm warn about mutable default arguments? How can I work around them?
                I am using PyCharm (Python 3) to write a Python function which accepts a dictionary as an argument with attachment={}.
def put_object(self, parent_object, connection_name, **data):
    ...
def ...
            
        
       
    
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    How do I fix "The expression of type List needs unchecked conversion...'?
                In the Java snippet:
SyndFeedInput fr = new SyndFeedInput();
SyndFeed sf = fr.build(new XmlReader(myInputStream));
List<SyndEntry> entries = sf.getEntries();
the last line generates the ...
            
        
       
    
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    Get warning when a variable is shadowed
                I generally want to avoid code like this:
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
  int n = 3;
  for (int n = 1; n <= 10; n++){
    printf("%d\n", n);
  }
  printf("%d\n", n)...
            
        
       
    
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    Ignore Xcode warnings when using Cocoapods
                I use quite a lot third party libraries which have many warnings in it, after the latest Xcode updates. (for example the Facebook SDK pod)
Now all these warnings are shown in my Xcode on the place I ...
            
        
       
    
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    How to use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
                I have a compile error in my simple MFC window application generated from wizard with several lines of code:
error C4996: 'strncpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strncpy_s ...
            
        
       
    
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    Assignment makes pointer from integer without cast
                Coming from a Java background I'm learning C, but I find those vague compiler error messages increasingly frustrating. Here's my code:
/*
 * PURPOSE
 *      Do case-insensetive string comparison.
 */
...
            
        
       
    
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    "No newline at end of file" compiler warning
                What is the reason for the following warning in some C++ compilers?
  No newline at end of file
Why should I have an empty line at the end of a source/header file?
            
        
       
    
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    Is using #pragma warning push/pop the right way to temporarily alter warning level?
                Once in a while it's difficult to write C++ code that wouldn't emit warnings at all. Having warnings enabled is however a good idea. So it is often necessary to disable warnings around some specific ...
            
        
       
    
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    Suppress Ruby warnings when running specs
                I'm looking for a  way to suppress Ruby warnings when I run my specs.
spec spec/models/account_spec.rb
I receive warnings such as:
DEPRECATION WARNING: ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load_paths is ...
            
        
       
    
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    "dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules" warning
                I use a code where I cast an enum* to int*. Something like this:
enum foo { ... }
...
foo foobar;
int *pi = reinterpret_cast<int*>(&foobar);
When compiling the code (g++ 4.1.2), I get the ...
            
        
       
    
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    warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments
                I want to remove the warning that i get on this line of the code, 
FILE *fil;
char *imp;
(...)
fprintf(fil,imp);
the thing is when i do this it writes on the file exactly what i want, but if i apply ...
            
        
       
    
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    ReSharper Warning - Access to Modified Closure
                I have the following code:
string acctStatus = account.AccountStatus.ToString();
if (!SettableStatuses().Any(status => status == acctStatus))
    acctStatus = ACCOUNTSTATUS.Pending.ToString();
...
            
        
       
    
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    Avoid passing null as the view root (need to resolve layout parameters on the inflated layout's root element)
                Passing null for root studio gives me this warning:
  Avoid passing null as the view root (need to resolve layout parameters on the inflated layout's root element)
It is showing a null value in ...