set_error_handler doesn't work sometimes

[russellr]

I've created an error handler (PHP version is 4.0.6) and it works fine for errors I trigger and for E_NOTICES.

However, if I do this:

<? xxx(); ?>

where xxx is an undefined function, I get the PHP error message instead of my error handler being called.

Does anyone know why?

 

[inlandpac]

you should not user set_error_handler.

It has been known to be very buggy, including seg faults in Apache/PHP, Zend problems, and fails to return errors on many occassions.

You should create your own error handling class and just make calls to functions such as:

if(!$fp = fopen......) {
error_handler("could not open.....",__LINE__,__FILE__);
}

or you can use PEAR's error handling functionality.

Chad. ICQ: 54380631

 

[russellr]

Thanks. I've found some doco which describes the bugs in set_error_handler.

I'm trying to catch my PHP programming errors and to do something friendly when they happen.

It looks like I'll just have to wait until a later release.