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set_error_handler

set_error_handler

Sets a user-defined error handler function

 **set_error_handler**  $callback int $error_levels

Sets a user function () to handle errors in a script. callback

This function can be used to define custom error handlers during runtime, for example in applications which need to do file/data cleanup when a critical error happens, or when triggering an error in response to certain conditions (using ). trigger_error

It is important to remember that the standard PHP error handler is completely bypassed for the error types specified by
unless the callback function returns false. settings will have no effect and the error handler will be called regardless - however, it's still possible to read the current value of and act appropriately. error_levels``error_reportingerror_reporting

Also note that it is the handler's responsibility to stop the script's execution if necessary by calling . If the error-handler function returns, script execution will continue with the next statement after the one that caused an error. exit

The following error types cannot be handled with a user defined function: , , , , , independent of where they were raised, and most of raised in the file where is called. E_ERROR``E_PARSE``E_CORE_ERROR``E_CORE_WARNING``E_COMPILE_ERROR``E_COMPILE_WARNING``E_STRICT``set_error_handler

If errors occur before the script is executed (e.g. on file uploads) the custom error handler cannot be called since it is not registered at that time.

callbackIf null is passed, the handler is reset to its default state. Otherwise, the handler is a callback with the following signature:

  ```php

bool **** int $errno string $errstr string $errfile int $errline array $errcontext


`errno`
           The first parameter, , will be passed the
           level of the error raised, as an integer.
          `errno`

`errstr`
           The second parameter, , will be passed the
           error message, as a string.
          `errstr`

`errfile`
           If the callback accepts a third parameter, ,
           it will be passed the filename that the error was raised in, as a string.
          `errfile`

`errline`
           If the callback accepts a fourth parameter, ,
           it will be passed the line number where the error was raised, as an integer.
          `errline`

`errcontext`
           If the callback accepts a fifth parameter, ,
           it will be passed an array that points to the active symbol table at the
           point the error occurred. In other words, 
           will contain an array of every variable that existed in the scope the
           error was triggered in.
           User error handlers must not modify the error context.
          `errcontext``errcontext`

> **Waarschuwing:** > This parameter has been  as of PHP 7.2.0,
>             and  as of PHP 8.0.0. If the function defines
>             this parameter without a default, an error of "too few arguments" will be
>             raised when it is called.
>            *DEPRECATED**REMOVED*



If the function returns false then the normal error handler continues.

`error_levels`
       Can be used to mask the triggering of the
        function just like the  ini setting 
       controls which errors are shown. Without this mask set the
        will be called for every error
       regardless to the setting of the  setting.
      `callback`error_reporting`callback`error_reporting




   Returns the previously defined error handler (if any) as a .
   If the built-in error handler is used null is returned.
  `callable`


   
  


   
  **Voorbeeld: Error handling with  and **

The example below shows the handling of internal exceptions by
     triggering errors and handling them with a user defined function:

```php
<?php
// error handler function
function myErrorHandler($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline)
{
    if (!(error_reporting() & $errno)) {
        // This error code is not included in error_reporting, so let it fall
        // through to the standard PHP error handler
        return false;
    }

    // $errstr may need to be escaped:
    $errstr = htmlspecialchars($errstr);

    switch ($errno) {
    case E_USER_ERROR:
        echo "<b>My ERROR</b> [$errno] $errstr<br />\n";
        echo "  Fatal error on line $errline in file $errfile";
        echo ", PHP " . PHP_VERSION . " (" . PHP_OS . ")<br />\n";
        echo "Aborting...<br />\n";
        exit(1);

    case E_USER_WARNING:
        echo "<b>My WARNING</b> [$errno] $errstr<br />\n";
        break;

    case E_USER_NOTICE:
        echo "<b>My NOTICE</b> [$errno] $errstr<br />\n";
        break;

    default:
        echo "Unknown error type: [$errno] $errstr<br />\n";
        break;
    }

    /* Don't execute PHP internal error handler */
    return true;
}

// function to test the error handling
function scale_by_log($vect, $scale)
{
    if (!is_numeric($scale) || $scale <= 0) {
        trigger_error("log(x) for x <= 0 is undefined, you used: scale = $scale", E_USER_ERROR);
    }

    if (!is_array($vect)) {
        trigger_error("Incorrect input vector, array of values expected", E_USER_WARNING);
        return null;
    }

    $temp = array();
    foreach($vect as $pos => $value) {
        if (!is_numeric($value)) {
            trigger_error("Value at position $pos is not a number, using 0 (zero)", E_USER_NOTICE);
            $value = 0;
        }
        $temp[$pos] = log($scale) * $value;
    }

    return $temp;
}

// set to the user defined error handler
$old_error_handler = set_error_handler("myErrorHandler");

// trigger some errors, first define a mixed array with a non-numeric item
echo "vector a\n";
$a = array(2, 3, "foo", 5.5, 43.3, 21.11);
print_r($a);

// now generate second array
echo "----\nvector b - a notice (b = log(PI) * a)\n";
/* Value at position $pos is not a number, using 0 (zero) */
$b = scale_by_log($a, M_PI);
print_r($b);

// this is trouble, we pass a string instead of an array
echo "----\nvector c - a warning\n";
/* Incorrect input vector, array of values expected */
$c = scale_by_log("not array", 2.3);
var_dump($c); // NULL

// this is a critical error, log of zero or negative number is undefined
echo "----\nvector d - fatal error\n";
/* log(x) for x <= 0 is undefined, you used: scale = $scale" */
$d = scale_by_log($a, -2.5);
var_dump($d); // Never reached
?>
vector a
Array
(
    [0] => 2
    [1] => 3
    [2] => foo
    [3] => 5.5
    [4] => 43.3
    [5] => 21.11
)
----
vector b - a notice (b = log(PI) * a)
<b>My NOTICE</b> [1024] Value at position 2 is not a number, using 0 (zero)<br />
Array
(
    [0] => 2.2894597716988
    [1] => 3.4341896575482
    [2] => 0
    [3] => 6.2960143721717
    [4] => 49.566804057279
    [5] => 24.165247890281
)
----
vector c - a warning
<b>My WARNING</b> [512] Incorrect input vector, array of values expected<br />
NULL
----
vector d - fatal error
<b>My ERROR</b> [256] log(x) for x <= 0 is undefined, you used: scale = -2.5<br />
  Fatal error on line 35 in file trigger_error.php, PHP 5.2.1 (FreeBSD)<br />
Aborting...<br />

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