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AVADHESH PATEL
17-Apr-2013Hi Ankit!
Happens when you try to access an array by a key that does not exist in the array.
A typical example for an Undefined Index notice would be (demo)
$data = array('foo' => '42', 'bar');
echo $data['spinach'];
echo $data[1];
Both spinach and 1 do not exist in the array, causing an E_NOTICE to be triggered.
The solution is to make sure the index or offset does exist, either by using array_key_exists orisset prior to accessing that index.