faults and programming style

Hi,

I have the following code (simplified for easy reading)

$result = $client->call('get_updates', array());

if (!$result) {
   echo "error 1";
   continue;
 }


// here's the problem
 if ($result['faultstring'] == "no updates found") {
   echo "error 2";
     continue;
   }

// here's the problem
 if ($result['faultcode'] == "Server") {
   echo "error 3";
   continue;
 }


The problem is that when everything is working (ie. no faults), I get:


Notice: Undefined index:  faultstring in /home/me/script.php on line 40

Notice: Undefined index:  faultcode in /home/me/script.php on line 45

What is the best way to avoid this? I was going to just do something like:

if (isSet($result['faultstring']) {
 if ($result['faultstring'] == "no updates found") {
   echo "error 2";
     continue;
   }
}

but it seems a bit messy.

Is there a better method? I'm still new to using faults correctly so
am not sure what the best method is.

Thanks for any style advice with this issue!


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