trigger_error

Description

Used to trigger a user error condition, it can be used by in conjunction with the built-in error handler, or with a user defined function that has been set as the new error handler (set_error_handler()).

This function is useful when you need to generate a particular response to an exception at runtime.

Parameters

Return Values

This function returns FALSE if wrong error_type is specified, TRUE otherwise.

Examples

Example 1. trigger_error() example See set_error_handler() for a more extensive example. <?php if (assert($divisor == 0)) {     trigger_error("Cannot divide by zero", E_USER_ERROR); } ?>

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