Error handling

WebHelper Joined: 30 Jul 2002 Posts: 56 Location: UK

I am using PHP4.1.2. (I realise this is now quite an old version, but I still use this because many web providers still run 4.1.x and 4.2.x.)

I have got my own error handler and have used error_reporting() to catch only E_PARSE and E_ERROR types. All other types are caught by my error handler. My problem comes when is use the @ error suppression operator on functions such as copy() and fopen(). I want these to fail without an error occuring, so that I may deal with them inline, and not in my error handler. However, the @ appears not to work, and an error is raised and caught by my error handler.

How can I stop this from happening? Is the only way to temporarily switch back to PHP's default error handler ( using error_reporting() ) when I want to use copy() or fopen() ?

Thanks in advance,
Hertzsprung

WebHelper Joined: 30 Jul 2002 Posts: 56 Location: UK

I've found the answer to my problem (thanks for the help, guys!). In the PHP docs, it says that a custom error handler will always be called if one is installed, even if the @ operator is used. However, in the case when @ was used, error_reporting() returns 0. So, in my error handler, I check if @ was used and just return if it was.