Re: constants STDOUT, STDERR, STDIN not working in 5.2.x?

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:47, Marten Lehmann <lehmann@cnm.de> wrote: > Hello, > > I found different code examples like this, which use the file handle STDERR > just like this: > > <?php > fwrite(STDERR, "hello\n"); > ?> > > Also, the PHP documentation of input/output streams > (http://php.net/manual/de/wrappers.php.php) says: > > "It is recommended that you simply use the constants STDIN, STDOUT  and > STDERR instead of manually opening streams using these wrappers." > > I don't want to use the "php://stderr" wrapper, because this just creates a > duplicate of the original STDERR handler and if I'm closing "php://stderr", > the original STDERR still would exist. > > When I'm using this code, I only get: > > <b>Notice</b>:  Use of undefined constant STDERR - assumed 'STDERR' in > <b>/test.php</b> on line <b>4</b><br /> > <br /> > <b>Warning</b>:  fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource > in <b>/test.php</b> on line <b>4</b><br /> > > How can I access the original STDERR handle? The constant should be there, > but does not exist. > > regards > Marten These I/O streams are only present in the CLI SAPI. -- Daniel Egeberg