RE: [PHP-DEV] error handling

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, John Coggeshall wrote: > >> Can't argue with that, however (;)), I find it annoying that PHP stops > >> processing if there is a parse error passed to an eval() command. I'd > >> like a way to make eval() just return E_PARSE if the script passed to > >> it fails. > > This is exactly the type of situation where E_PARSE really bothers me as > well.. Although no one likes eval(), and it seems to me it is become uhm, John, we dont have a E_PARSE yet. > Back on the note that I was discussing (the E_PARSE with a user > error-handler), Perhaps the issue can be slightly skirted without having > to code a whole lot... Specifically, what about simply re-directing the > user to another URL in the event of a fatal PHP error (as specified by a > directive)... Ie. > > On_fatal_error=http://somewhere.com/error.php > > Where on a E_PARSE, or something similar, PHP basically does a C-version > of: > > <?php header("Location: > http://somewhere.com/error.php?errno=4"); ?> > > This way, users who don't care can still re-direct a browser to a nice > and pretty "sorry, the server is really screwed" HTML page... Or, if > they'd like, they can simply take that error number and create a > error-handler in PHP without us having to bother with the problems > surrounding a bad parser-state... I stil see not why you would want to handle PARSE errors gracefully. If a user has broken code it should not even be on a production box. Bad code -> dead site. Derick -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ JDI Media Solutions --------------[ if you hold a unix shell to your ear, do you hear the c? ]-