Title: Undefined Variable "Error"
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Undefined Variable "Error"

 *  Plugin Author [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/)
 * (@brettshumaker)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefined-variable-error-3/)
 * Hey all! First of all, thank you so much for using my plugin. I really appreciate
   it.
 * I want to talk about all of the forum posts about ‘Undefined Variable’ “Errors.”
   This is not actually a PHP “Error,” it’s just a notice. I am aware of these notices
   and it will not affect the way the plugin functions at all. It’s not breaking
   your site or making anything else on your site not function. **I will fix these
   notices in the next release.**
 * **Warning, dev speak ahead**
    The notice results in not initializing a variable
   before attempting to get its value.
 * What I did:
 *     ```
       if ($variable = 'hello') {
           //do something
       }
       ```
   
 * What I’ll do to fix it:
 *     ```
       $variable = ' ';
   
       //do lots of cool stuff here
   
       if ($variable = 'hello') {
            //do something
       }
       ```
   
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 *  [stocky20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stocky20/)
 * (@stocky20)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefined-variable-error-3/#post-5374328)
 * Can the above error possibly cause problems when adding images to a staff member?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/)
 * (@brettshumaker)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefined-variable-error-3/#post-5374329)
 * [@stocky20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stocky20/) – No.

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 * Last reply from: [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefined-variable-error-3/#post-5374329)
 * Status: not a support question