2013/5/7 Bob Weinand <bobw...@hotmail.com>
>
> Am 7.5.2013 um 18:25 schrieb Ferenc Kovacs <tyr...@gmail.com>:
>
> > On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Thomas Anderson <zeln...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> If you do user_error('whatever') it'll show, as the line number for that
> >> error, the line number on which that user_error() call is made. It'd be
> >> nice if you could control the line number and file name that was
> displayed.
> >> eg.
> >>
> >> <?php
> >> function test() {
> >> user_error('whatever');
> >> }
> >>
> >> test();
> >> ?>
> >>
> >> That'll say "Notice: whatever in ... on line 4" (ie. the line that the
> >> user_error is on) instead of "Notice: whatever in ... on line 7" (ie.
> the
> >> line that the call to the test() function is made).
> >>
> >> If the displayed line numbers could be controlled by user_error then
> >> debug_backtrace could be used to get the desired line number / file
> name to
> >> display.
> >>
> >
> > line 3, but I suppose that is just a typo on your part.
> > the default error handler reports the line when the actual error is
> > generated and it also provides a backtrace so you can see the callchain
> for
> > the execution.
> > I think that this is a sensible default, and allowing to fake that from
> the
> > userland would make the debugging of the problems harder, as many/most
> > people would look up the file:line number and would be surprised that
> there
> > is no E_USER_* thrown there.
> > Additionally I'm not sure how/where would you get your fake line numbers.
> > You would either need to hardcode those in your application and make sure
> > that the reference and the actual content of your file is in sync (you
> will
> > screw yourself over sooner or later) or you would use __LINE__ + offset
> > which is still error prone..
> >
> > I didn't like this proposal.
> >
> > --
> > Ferenc Kovács
> > @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu
>
> And today we have the problem that we cannot use in any useful manner
> trigger_error in libraries, when we don't know where the error originates
> from.
Still don't get it:
if ($errorCond) {
trigger_error();
}
The error orginates from at most one line before...
> You debug today trigger_error's in libraries with putting a
> debug_print_backtrace behind the trigger_error.
>
I use a debugger :X
> I think you should be able to track down the error source without
> manipulating any library code in the best case (yeah, there exist
> Exceptions (there you can add a backtrace) too, but you have to catch them,
> if not your script will abort; but I only need a notice...)
>
> What I'm doing now is using my own error handler, add a "called at
> [line:file]" and output the string myself (via fwrite to STDERR). I don't
> think that this is the right way, this seems to me more like a temporary
> solution.
>
> Please change there something that makes it easier to debug
> trigger_error's notices. (But I don't know if only adding a third parameter
> to trigger_error is enough...)
>
>
> Bob
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