Re: Programming structures

Is there some sort of atexit() type function like in 'C', where it calls a list of functions when the program exits? David. ----- Original Message ----- From: alex <alex@quad.com.ar> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 12:38 AM Subject: [PHP-GENERAL] Programming structures > I'm trying to figure out what's the best way to structure all my code and I > have some doubts about it.. here are some thoughts: > When it comes to handling errors I usually do one of the following: > > <? > $foo = my_function(); > if (!$foo){ > echo "some text explaining the problem"; > } else { > ... rest of the code.... > } > ?> > > or just: > > <? > $foo = my_function() or die("some text explaining the problem"); > ?> > > I would allways use the die() alternative, since it's much more readable > than the "if/else" solution. On the other hand, making your script die is > not so nice, for example I usually require() some footer.inc's at the end of > the scripts that wouldn't get executed with the die() before it. That's why > I mostly use the "if/else" structure for handling errors. My problem comes > when I have to nest lots of if/else structures in the code, it becomes a lot > more complicated to read. > > Are there other better alternatives than the ones I've showed up in the > examples above? > What's your prefered way to handle that kind of problems? > > any hints would be great! > > Alex V.