I’ve already got domains spread across multiple registrars last thing I need is to have to spread them across multiple name servers aswell lol!

@ste101, @theradhouseteam

I also found this:
http://dustin.github.com/2009/01/11/timecard.html

what CAN you do when a FATAL error happens?
(I assume you would not be able to save the error to a file, or send an email because php is shutting down.)

But I notice that in PHP 5.3.2, If there is an error handler set then the shutdown function is not called, and if there isn’t the shutdown function is called, as you say. Interesting.

another very strange issue

<?php

function error($code, $message, $file = null, $line = 0) {
echo "error_handler:n”;
echo $message . ‘ – ‘ . $code;
echo “”;
throw new Exception($message, $code);
}

function shutdown() {
echo “shutdown_function:n”;
var_dump(error_get_last());
echo “”;
}

#set_error_handler(‘error’);
register_shutdown_function(‘shutdown’);

try {
echo $crypto->compress();
} catch (Exception $e) { $t = $e->getTrace(); echo ‘Exception at ‘ . $t[0]['file'] . ‘:’ . $t[0]['line'] . “n”; }

^^ in code above, shutdown function is called.
but if error handler is set, the Exception is swallowed and shutdown function is not called

Using __destruct() to clean up resources can be handy, but sometimes it can be a long time after the object goes out of scope before this is called. I believe earlier version of PHP didn’t call it until script shutdown. For web requests this doesn’t matter (they are very short by nature), but for long running processes this may cause problems. Just something to be aware of.

Maybe I should think of a better example – I just wanted to illustrate that you can re-throw Exceptions

a small notice on “Type 3. Fatal Errors” and “error_get_last()”:
PHP-internal-Exceptions are hybrid (Exceptions and Errors)!

1. if you throw own exceptions “error_get_last()” returns NULL
2. if PHP throws (internal!) exceptions “error_get_last()” returns exception-data!

so you end up logging catched exceptions/errors.

Code:

ini_set('display_errors', true);
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');

echo 'error_get_last: ' . var_export(error_get_last(), true) . '';


more info:
http://de2.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.configuration.php#ini.track-errors
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54043

> …maybe clean up a resource, like close a file you have opened…
no! you do not want to duplicated code!

you want to clean up resources:
- in normal flow (if there is no Exception)
- in each catch-block (“you can have multiple catch blocks”)

normally this should be done in “finally” but php has no “finally” yet:
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=32100

so php forces you to encapsulate such logic in an object and do the “clean up” in ” __destructor” as described here:
http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq2.html#finally

if you think this is not suitable, please vote for:
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=36779

I said “@danfrydman @amiando they do actually use SSL but if your not a developer it looks like they don’t. That’s what I object to.”

http://twitter.com/felixhaas says “@jarofgreen @danfrydman yes we of course use SSL but it does not appear in the URL line as it’s only used in the iframe …”

http://twitter.com/danfrydman “@felixhaas @jarofgreen whenever we use SSL in a page frame or widget, we’ll always run the parent page in SSL – just good manners”

I said “@felixhaas I know you use SSL, I’m a developer. But normal ppl can’t tell. @danfrydman point on manners is right http://wp.me/p1if9P-1c”

http://twitter.com/danfrydman “@jarofgreen but with a widget placement in a site it isn’t @amiando’s responsibility to enforce SSL – but guidance needed @felixhaas”

I said “@danfrydman @felixhaas But widget makes @amiando look bad – *looks* like no security. Maybe there is a case for enforcement, guidance def.”