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<refentry xml:id="function.set-error-handler" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>set_error_handler</refname>
<refpurpose>Sets a user-defined error handler function</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>mixed</type><methodname>set_error_handler</methodname>
<methodparam><type>callable</type><parameter>error_handler</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>error_types</parameter><initializer>E_ALL | E_STRICT</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Sets a user function (<parameter>error_handler</parameter>) to handle
errors in a script.
</para>
<para>
This function can be used for defining your own way of handling errors
during runtime, for example in applications in which you need to do
cleanup of data/files when a critical error happens, or when you need
to trigger an error under certain conditions (using
<function>trigger_error</function>).
</para>
<para>
It is important to remember that the standard PHP error handler is completely
bypassed for the error types specified by <parameter>error_types</parameter>
unless the callback function returns &false;.
<function>error_reporting</function> settings will have no effect and your
error handler will be called regardless - however you are still able to read
the current value of
<link linkend="ini.error-reporting">error_reporting</link> and act
appropriately. Of particular note is that this value will be 0 if the
statement that caused the error was prepended by the
<link linkend="language.operators.errorcontrol">@ error-control
operator</link>.
</para>
<para>
Also note that it is your responsibility to <function>die</function> if
necessary. If the error-handler function returns, script execution
will continue with the next statement after the one that caused an error.
</para>
<para>
The following error types cannot be handled with a user defined
function: <constant>E_ERROR</constant>, <constant>E_PARSE</constant>,
<constant>E_CORE_ERROR</constant>, <constant>E_CORE_WARNING</constant>,
<constant>E_COMPILE_ERROR</constant>,
<constant>E_COMPILE_WARNING</constant> independent of where they were raised, and
most of <constant>E_STRICT</constant> raised in the file where
<function>set_error_handler</function> is called.
</para>
<para>
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.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>error_handler</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
A callback with the following signature.
&null; may be passed instead, to reset this handler to its default state.
Instead of a function name, an array containing an object reference
and a method name can also be supplied.
</para>
<para>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>bool</type><methodname><replaceable>handler</replaceable></methodname>
<methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>errno</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>errstr</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>errfile</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>errline</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>errcontext</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>errno</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
The first parameter, <parameter>errno</parameter>, contains the
level of the error raised, as an integer.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>errstr</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
The second parameter, <parameter>errstr</parameter>, contains the
error message, as a string.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>errfile</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
The third parameter is optional, <parameter>errfile</parameter>,
which contains the filename that the error was raised in, as a string.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>errline</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
The fourth parameter is optional, <parameter>errline</parameter>,
which contains the line number the error was raised at, as an integer.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>errcontext</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
The fifth parameter is optional, <parameter>errcontext</parameter>,
which is an array that points to the active symbol table at the point
the error occurred. In other words, <parameter>errcontext</parameter>
will contain an array of every variable that existed in the scope the
error was triggered in.
User error handler must not modify error context.
</simpara>
<warning xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<simpara>
This parameter has been <emphasis>DEPRECATED</emphasis> as of PHP 7.2.0.
Relying on it is highly discouraged.
</simpara>
</warning>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
If the function returns &false; then the normal error handler continues.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>error_types</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Can be used to mask the triggering of the
<parameter>error_handler</parameter> function just like the <link
linkend="ini.error-reporting">error_reporting</link> ini setting
controls which errors are shown. Without this mask set the
<parameter>error_handler</parameter> will be called for every error
regardless to the setting of the <link
linkend="ini.error-reporting">error_reporting</link> setting.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns a string containing the previously defined error handler (if any). If
the built-in error handler is used &null; is returned. &null; is also returned
in case of an error such as an invalid callback. If the previous error handler
was a class method, this function will return an indexed array with the class
and the method name.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>7.2.0</entry>
<entry>
<parameter>errcontext</parameter> became deprecated. Usage of this parameter now emits an <constant>E_DEPRECATED</constant> notice.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>5.5.0</entry>
<entry>
<parameter>error_handler</parameter> now accepts &null;.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>5.2.0</entry>
<entry>
The error handler must return &false; to populate
<varname>$php_errormsg</varname>.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>Error handling with <function>set_error_handler</function> and <function>trigger_error</function></title>
<para>
The example below shows the handling of internal exceptions by
triggering errors and handling them with a user defined function:
</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// error handler function
function myErrorHandler($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline)
{
if (!(error_reporting() & $errno)) {
// This error code is not included in error_reporting, so let it fall
// through to the standard PHP error handler
return false;
}
switch ($errno) {
case E_USER_ERROR:
echo "<b>My ERROR</b> [$errno] $errstr<br />\n";
echo " Fatal error on line $errline in file $errfile";
echo ", PHP " . PHP_VERSION . " (" . PHP_OS . ")<br />\n";
echo "Aborting...<br />\n";
exit(1);
break;
case E_USER_WARNING:
echo "<b>My WARNING</b> [$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
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs.similar;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
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 />
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><classname>ErrorException</classname></member>
<member><function>error_reporting</function></member>
<member><function>restore_error_handler</function></member>
<member><function>trigger_error</function></member>
<member><link linkend="errorfunc.constants">error level constants</link></member>
<member>&seealso.callback;</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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