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

Wed Sep 3 15:51:52 MDT 2008

Yes, that is a very nice option to use :-)

Might actually pinpoint the error on certain occasions.

ggt

2008/9/3 Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org>:
> I don't know if you know about it already, but there is a utility called
> 'diff' which will give you an overview of differences between files. It's
> available on most unix/linux systems as well as OS X. Try for example this
> (command line): diff -u file-before-some-change.php
> file-after-some-change.php
>
>
> 3 sep 2008 kl. 23.24 skrev Gjermund Gusland Thorsen:
>
>> 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
>>>>>> Longterm Solutions
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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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