Re: PEAR and MDB error management

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:45:54 +0200, Vincent DUPONT <vincent.dupont@ausy.be> wrote: > Ji, > > I would like to test if MDB can connect to a database. If my dsn is not correct, then > MDB::connect returns an error I can trap with MDB::isError, and display the message. However, the > error is then passed to the main errorHandliung fonction as define in my page as: > PEAR::setErrorHandling(PEAR_ERROR_CALLBACK, "handleError"); > > My test connection script is rather simple : > $tmp_conn = & MDB::connect($dsn, $_SESSION['mdb_options']); > > if(MDB::isError($tmp_conn)){ > > //display error message > > } > > else{ > > //display Ok message > > $tmp_conn->disconnect(); > > } > > I tried to change this script with : > > $this->expectError(MDB_ERROR_CONNECT_FAILED); > > $tmp_conn = & MDB::connect($dsn, $_SESSION['mdb_options']); > > $this->popExpect(); > > if(!$tmp_conn){ > > display error message > > } > > But this does not prevent the error to be passed back to the main error handling function of my > script. > > Can anyone help me or point me to a good tutorial. > You've set the error mode to CALLBACK, so all errors will be sent to the callback. If you don't want an error to be sent to the callback (i.e. returned instead) you should change the error handling before the call. IMHO setting the expect is only for errors you know you don't have to handle. Try: PEAR::pushErrorHandling(PEAR_ERROR_RETURN); $tmp_conn = & MDB::connect($dsn, $_SESSION['mdb_options']); PEAR::popErrorHandling(); if (PEAR::isError($tmp_conn)) { display error message } -- DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder paperCrane --Justin Patrin--