[FX.php List] Catch FileMaker Server before it dies?

[Andrew Denman]

Here's my error checking block that handles FileMaker errors and FX.php errors (when FileMaker server isn't responding or something goes wrong with the XML), based off instructions Chris provided in the past.

// Find them!
$Data = $Setup->FMFind();

// See if there's an error
if(FX::isError($Data) || $Data['errorCode'] != 0 ){
	// Display for FX.php error
	if(FX::isError($Data)){
		$error = "The server may be down.<br>";
		$error .= $Data->getMessage();
	// Display for FileMaker error
	}else{
		require_once('\FX\FMErrors.php');
		//$errorsList is error array name
		$error = $errorsList[$Data['errorCode']];
	}
}else{
	// Everything OK, process data
} // END FM error


Andrew Denman


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From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Catch FileMaker Server before it dies?

I have a little script I use that will send me an error message if a web server's WPE isn't responding; what I do is to use a test database that has a few records; if the WPE doesn't respond in a reasonable amount of seconds, I get an SMS and an email warning me that there was an issue. I use a robot machine (that does other robot duties too) to run this script every 3 minutes.

You could write some sort of script to do a simple find; if it doesn't return an error-free response, you could direct users to an error page. However, if the WPE geeks completely, you're not going to get a FileMaker error back, and perhaps Chris could tell you what sort of IF statement to write to catch that situation.

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On May 24, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Denis Somar wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm about to go into beta testing with my first production-worthy FMP web project.  I'm not sure of the load to expect (nothing huge initially) in terms of users, but I'm wondering if I can catch catch automatically when the site is under a heavy load so I know that it happens.  Are there any PHP calls that can be used to die gracefully (or not) and just say the database server isn't working/isn't responding.
> 

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