[FX.php List] PHP Error Reporting...One more time

Wed Sep 3 15:24:58 MDT 2008

Well helps me avoid spending time on searching for errors.

ggt

2008/9/3 Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
> Well said, Leo.
>
> I am just now realizing that there are two levels of PHP errors...in
> addition to all the other levels of errors that we need to deal with.
> Unfortunately in my case, it is the show-stopping errors (syntax) that I am
> looking at.  In this case, PHP has been stopped in its tracks and is unable
> to alert anyone/anything.
>
> However, the web server's heart is still beating and it knows that PHP
> barfed.  There is even an entry in the web server log.  I just need that to
> turn into an email.
>
> Should I be looking at a notification tool for OS X Server/Apache?
>
> And...ggt...I honestly have NO IDEA what you are talking about.  Sorry
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> At 10:08 PM +0200 9/3/08, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
>>
>> Interesting/good question :-)
>>
>> I think it's fair to say that there are two major types of errors in PHP;
>> The ones that raise warnings, notices and so on, but still let your
>> application keep running even though the expected results of whatever it's
>> doing may not be very,, expected. Then there are the kind of errors that
>> stop the application from running, such as syntax errrors. These latter ones
>> will hopefully not occur too often unless you're really doing it wrong or
>> don't check your edits at all.
>>
>> However, for the first type of errors, you could define your own error
>> handler in PHP, that will be called whenever an error that you've configured
>> it to handle occurs. For example, if there is an error that you deem not to
>> be that serious, you could have the handler e-mail you the error
>> notifications, and for serious errors you could handle it in a more graceful
>> way than you would without  global error handler. See
>> http://se.php.net/manual/en/function.set-error-handler.php.
>>
>> For the second type of errors there's not that much to do from inside PHP
>> since your application may not start at all in such cases. These will have
>> to be taken care of using your skillz ;-)
>>
>>
>> 3 sep 2008 kl. 21.48 skrev Jonathan Schwartz:
>>
>>> Like I said, the application here is making quick edits on working
>>> scripts. One out-of-place character takes down the entire solution, until
>>> discovered and repaired.
>>>
>>> Happens more often than I'd like to admit.
>>>
>>> Will look into ggt's response....
>>>
>>>
>>> J
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At 2:39 PM -0500 9/3/08, Bob Patin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have a script for sending emails on FM errors, but I too would love to
>>>> know about any PHP errors. However, once a page is properly written, it's
>>>> not going to randomly generate PHP errors, so I'm wondering what the
>>>> usefulness of this would be other than in the initial programming stage...
>>>>
>>>> From the peanut gallery,
>>>>
>>>> Bob Patin
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>>>> On Sep 3, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Occasionally, php syntax errors can result after performing on-the-fly
>>>>> script edits for clients, and there just isn't time to perform testing. Call
>>>>> me human. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> However, it is often the client that informs me of the error.  Hmmm...
>>>>>
>>>>> To resolve, I'd like to receive email notification for php errors on
>>>>> any page ( not FMP errors) and have a shot at finding the error first.
>>>>>
>>>>> What mechanism can do that?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thx
>>>>>
>>>>> J
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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