On Friday 16 August 2002 10:15, Andre Dubuc wrote:
> Suppose, during an attempted connection to a database, an error condition
> occurs, where the connection cannot be made.
>
> <?php
> . . .
> $db = pg_connect("dbname=rap user=postgres") die ("Connection failed -
> please try again.");
> . . . .
> ?>
>
> Is it advisable for such a message to be displayed to the User, or should
> such reporting be sent to a log of some sort.It's probably not very user friendly to display the raw error. You could redirect the user to a generic error page saying something like "The site is down for maintenance" or whatever. > What code could/should I place in the error message -- for example, how can > I arrange for an e-mail to be sent to me (if that would be advisable)? How > would you handle this situation? Look at error_log(). -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* Do not drink coffee in early A.M. It will keep you awake until noon. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
