Re: idea: letting the line number and file name be set via user_error

From: Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 19:04:59 +0000
Subject: Re: idea: letting the line number and file name be set via user_error
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2013/5/7 Thomas Anderson <zelnaga@gmail.com> > If you do user_error('whatever') it'll show, as the line number for that > error, the line number on which that user_error() call is made. It'd be > nice if you could control the line number and file name that was displayed. > eg. > > <?php > function test() { > user_error('whatever'); > } > > test(); > ?> > > That'll say "Notice: whatever in ... on line 4" (ie. the line that the > user_error is on) instead of "Notice: whatever in ... on line 7" (ie. the > line that the call to the test() function is made). > Something I don't understand: You call test() in line 7 and line triggers the error, so in fact it is _really_ line 3, that causes the message. So why should it display "line 7", when it is obvious the wrong line? > > If the displayed line numbers could be controlled by user_error then > debug_backtrace could be used to get the desired line number / file name to > display. > -- github.com/KingCrunch

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