Re: How to get error context

2008. 03. 14, péntek keltezéssel 10.03-kor It Maq ezt írta: > Here is the error message captured by my error > handling function: > > mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access > denied for user 'admin'@'localhost' (using password: > YES) > > i put a wrong password and username the manual also says this, which I too did not notice earlier: "Note: You can suppress the error message on failure by prepending a @ to the function name." this implies that error message is raised on error, but don't ask me why ;) greets, Zoltán Németh > --- Zoltán Németh <znemeth@alterationx.hu> wrote: > > > 2008. 03. 14, péntek keltezéssel 07.40-kor It Maq > > ezt írta: > > > For example "mysql_connect" reprted automatically > > the > > > error but in the manual > > > > > > http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php > > > all they give as information is the return: > > "Returns > > > a MySQL link identifier on success, or FALSE on > > > failure.", where can i see if it throws an error, > > and > > > when you say throwing do you mean that i can catch > > the > > > error without throwing it myself? > > > > hmm actually what error did mysql_connect throw? > > because if it just fails connecting, it returns > > false. on the other > > hand, if you provide it wrong arguments (e.g. less > > arguments, or wrong > > data type, or whatever) that raises a php error and > > the function does > > not even run. > > this is true for most functions which return false > > on error. the > > returning false means there was some error with the > > action itself, while > > php errors are raised when the action can not be > > executed because of > > some error in the code itself. > > > > greets, > > Zoltán Németh > > > > > > > > --- Zoltán Németh <znemeth@alterationx.hu> wrote: > > > > > > > 2008. 03. 14, péntek keltezéssel 07.20-kor It > > Maq > > > > ezt írta: > > > > > So i'm wondering if there are some rules > > > > > that can help me know if an error will be > > reported > > > > > automatically or not. > > > > > > > > there is no general rule for that. you have to > > check > > > > the manual for each > > > > function, some of them just returns false on > > error, > > > > others throw > > > > warnings/notices/errors... > > > > > > > > greets, > > > > Zoltán Németh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > >