Error handling questions

[dar-k]

Hey people,

I'm writing my own error handler, and I have 2 questions for u.

1. I found the lovely print_r() today, but instead of printing to the page, I need to store the output of this function in a string variable. Is there a function of some other way to accomplish this?

2. When reporting errors, they get a code which refers to the PHP error constants, i.e. E_NOTICE, E_WARNING, etc.
   That's real cute and all, but I'd love to see if an error is a 'Warning' instead of an '8'.
   Is there a way/function to translate these numbers to their string counterparts without having to put all of them in my script?

Many thanks to all who can help out.

[bealers]

Could you use output buffering to assist with your first point?

[bad_goose]

Yeah, use output buffering:

ob_start();
print_r($foo);
$bar = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

That will store the output of print_r($foo) to the string variable $bar rather than printing it to the script's output.

As for your other problem, I have no clue.

[dar-k]

Hey, it worked! Thanks!

No one at all who knows how to retrieve the error constants?