I think in a modern web application the error handling function should do the following: in case of error (any: parse error, internal application error,....)
1. a message should be shown to the user sayng that an error has occured like "an internal error has occured. the webmaster has been notified via email" 2. a more detailed message should be logged in a generic system ErrorLog, or notified via email or fax, or telephone, or SMS. Depending on the severity of the error (warning, fatal,...) All this done with PHP error handling function (this is not to male distinction between PHP error and application internal error), and the ErrorLog kept via system/server methods (like syslogd). The message shown to the user should be accompained by an HTTP 500 (or more) error. This to make clear to human users that an error has occured therefore the request cannot be fulfilled, and if the cliens is another computer (robot,...) to make it as well (computer look at error codes rather than at things written for humans. I know this is possible now, but not within the error handling function of PHP, or without setting a custom error handler. Mattia Cazzola -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
