On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 15:11 -0500, Bastien Koert wrote: > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:30 PM, David Lidstone <dnet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 03/01/2011 18:38, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > >> > >> On 01/03/2011 11:46 PM, David Lidstone wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> First up, I apologise as this must have been posted before, but the > >>> server is so slow I can't search, or even read messages often. I'm > >>> using Thunderbird - any tips on how to access news.php.net faster!? > >>> > >>> In Apache, I can set "ErrorDocument 404 /myerrorpage.php" and it > >>> works. Doing the same but with a 500 error for a PHP script, it > >>> doesn't. I just get the PHP error printed on the screen. What I've > >>> seen on the net implies to me that PHP does not fully interact with > >>> Apache when it generates an error, and therefore this approach will > >>> not work. Is this correct? > >>> > >>> I just want to redirect to a PHP page on 500 error and run a small > >>> script. Any suggestions? > >>> > >>> Many thanks, > >>> David > >>> > >> > >> Basically, it is not a 500 error. > >> It's an error produced by the php itself. > >> The file which was run by php had some error, so php outputs that error > >> to the client. This is actually a successful request when you see from > >> the apache's eye. > >> > > > > That's what I feared, although my server seems to send 500 headers but my > > local xampp install sends 200 headers. Strange. > > > > So what do people do about getting notified about errors? - I have too many > > sites to look after to manually sift through logs. I can't refactor every > > script with try / catch (which wouldn't catch compile bugs anyway)? How does > > Apache know to log the error with "ErrorLog" but not redirect with > > "ErrorDocument"? Is there a way I can piggy-back this behaviour instead? > > Sorry for so many questions, but the more I look at this the crazier it > > seems and most of the stuff on the net is just static! > > > > Perl interacts "fully" with Apache from what I can gather. Anyone know > > whether this is planned for the future? When I had to use IIS and ASP it had > > this functionality and it was very handy. > > > > Thanks again, > > David > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > Check the php.ini file to ensure that error reporting is turned on. > This will allow php to show you where/what the error is. > > For a dev box this is acceptable but should be turned off in production > -- > > Bastien > > Cat, the other other white meat > If the same sorts of errors are happening over and over, then you should look into it, as it could be affecting your users on the website. Try and unit test whatever parts you can, so that you can see what happens when a user interacts with your app. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
