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By J. Leidago Noabeb<\/div>\n
on April 16, 2012<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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In this article we will be looking at how to handle errors in PHP. Errors are an inevitable part of software development, and accordingly, we will be looking at the various error types and demonstrating how to handle them.<\/p>\n

If you intend to run any of the sample scripts in this article, please make sure that display errors is turned on in your PHP initialization document. This section looks something like this:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 display_errors = On [Security]\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ; With this directive set to off, errors that occur during the execution of\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ; scripts will no longer be displayed as a part of the script output, and thus,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ; will no longer be exposed to remote users. With some errors, the error message\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ; content may expose information about your script, web server, or database\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ; server that may be exploitable for hacking. Production sites should have this\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ; directive set to off.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
The reason for this is that, when display errors are turned on, PHP will display all errors that occur during script execution. If however, the directive is switched off, we will not be able to see any errors as the browser will be blank.<\/p>\n
Types of PHP Errors<\/h2>\n
PHP has three types of errors:<\/p>\n