PHP Fatal Error Cannot Use String Offset As Array - php

Question

I keep getting a fatal error when a script is ran on my php server,
This web app was built ten years ago and I am currently clearing errors so we can start updating it. Current version PHP 5.2.17
Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /home/user/public_html/admin/script.php on line 1418
This is the line the error is on,
$name = $d["#"]["_Name"];
This is the full function,
if (isset($b["_BORROWER"]["EMPLOYER"])) {
if (!isset($b["_BORROWER"]["EMPLOYER"][0])) {
$temp = $b["_BORROWER"]["EMPLOYER"];
unset($b["_BORROWER"]["EMPLOYER"]);
$b["_BORROWER"]["EMPLOYER"][0] = $temp;
}
foreach($b["_BORROWER"]["EMPLOYER"] as $c => $d) {
$pid = '0';
// Finish up.
$item["type"] = "Personal";
$name = $d["#"]["_Name"];
//check for files in other bureaus
$query = doquery("SELECT name,id FROM <<myitems>> WHERE cid='".$client["id"]."' AND type='Personal'");
$results = dorow($query);
if($results){
if(isset($results['name'])){
$temp = $results;
unset($results);
$results[0] = array($temp);
}
foreach($results as $c){
if(isset($c['name'])){
if($address == decrypt_string($c['name'])) {
$pid = $c['id'];
break;
};
}
}
}
Does anyone understand what is triggering this error and how to fix it?

Answer 1

You can use isset() to check the array value exists or not like,
$name = isset($d["#"]["_Name"]) ? $d["#"]["_Name"] : "";