note 112683 added to function.date-default-timezone-get

For the reason that date_default_timezone_get() throws an error when the timezone isn't set in php.ini and then returns a default chosen by the system (rather than returning false to indicate to the script that a timezone hasn't been set), I've found that the following works when you want a script to detect when the ini value has not been set and want the script itself to choose a default in that case, while still allowing bootstrap scripts to set their own default using date_default_timezone_set(). <?php set_error_handler(function ($errno, $errstr){ throw new Exception($errstr); return false; }); try{ date_default_timezone_get(); } catch(Exception $e){ date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); // Sets to UTC if not specified anywhere in .ini } restore_error_handler(); ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 78.141.1.194 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-get.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/112683 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112683/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112683/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112683/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112683/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112683/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112683/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112683 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/112683 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php