On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 10:40 -0500, tedd wrote: > At 3:19 PM +0000 12/5/08, ceo@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > $result = mysql_query($query) or die(report($query,__LINE__ ,__FILE__)); > >> > >> //==================== to show dB errors ====================== > >> > >> function report($query, $line, $file) > >> { > >> echo($query . '<br>' .$line . '<br/>' . $file . '<br/>' . > >> mysql_error()); > >> } > >> > >> This does two things: 1) It tells where the error took place > >> (line/file); 2) and it provides a single place in my entire project to > >> turn-off dB error reporting -- all I have to do is comment out a single > >> line. > > > >I did this, briefly, but got tired of typing __LINE__, __FILE__ so much. > > > That's what I call common code -- I type it once and after that it's > all cut/paste. > > I have entire libraries of routines that I've used before -- I just > cut/paste them into the new stuff as needed. Even many of the > variable names remain the same so it becomes more a job of assembly > more than typing. I have to say... for what he's trying to achieve, I cheat and extract the file and line number via debug_backtrace(). Indeed, it is annoying to type the same thing over and over :) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php