Re: set_error_handler always returns false

On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 15:12, Jeff Stewart wrote: > I'm using PHP 4.3.1 as an Apache module. No matter what I try, I can't get > set_error_handler() to do anything other than return false. Under what > circumstances does this happen? > > <?php > function doobee($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline, $errcontext) { > echo "Handled."; > } > > $retval = true; > if (($retval = set_error_handler("doobee")) == false) echo "Didn't > work."; > // echos every time > ?> Note that it's not necessarily returning false here; it could be 0, or the empty string, or an empty array...use the '===' operator to test whether two operands are of the same type and evaluate to the same value. http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php Noting from the manual that set_error_handler() returns FALSE on error, or the name of the previously defined error handler (if there was one) on success, I am thinking it's probably just returning the empty string--you likely didn't have an error handler set up before. http://www.php.net/set_error_handler So replace your '==' with '===' and you should be good to go. Hope this helps, Torben > -- > Jeff S. -- Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> +1.604.709.0506 http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com http://www.inflatableeye.com http://www.hybrid17.com http://www.themainonmain.com -----==== Boycott Starbucks! http://www.haidabuckscafe.com ====-----