note 98606 added to function.error-get-last

If you have the need to check whether an error was a fatal error before PHP 5.2 (in my case, within an output buffer handler), you can use the following hack: <?php # Check if there was a PHP fatal error. # Using error_get_last is the "right" way, but it requires PHP 5.2+. The back-up is a hack. if (function_exists('error_get_last')) { $lastPHPError = error_get_last(); $phpFatalError = isset($lastPHPError) && $lastPHPError['type'] === E_ERROR; } else { $phpFatalError = strstr($output, '<b>Fatal error</b>:') && ! strstr($output, '</html>'); } ?> This is, of course, language-dependent, so it wouldn't be good in widely-distributed code, but it may help in certain cases (or at least be the base of something that would work). ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.55 Probable Submitter: 158.158.240.231 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.error-get-last.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/98606 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98606/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98606/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98606/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98606/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98606/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98606/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98606 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/98606 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php