built in error reporting

MysticFallout · Feb 18, 2004

in perl you can use

Code:

die(&quot;Blah: $!&quot;);

is there anything like this in PHP? to give a bit more information on an error than just doing like so?

Code:

die(&quot;Couldnt do something&quot;);

sleipnir214 · Feb 18, 2004

What does the perl variable $! represent?

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MysticFallout · Feb 18, 2004

well, it gives additional errors.

Code:

open(DATA, '$url') || die(&quot;Could not open $url <b>$!</b>&quot;);

will produce something like

Code:

Could not open thebad.txt No such file or directory at rmp.cgi line 29.

without $! it would only show

Code:

Could not open thebad.txt

im just curious, had never heard of anything like it in PHP.

sleipnir214 · Feb 18, 2004

That's probably because PHP's normal error reporting is as verbose as $!.

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