Error handling and require

[Mirrorball]

Suppose you write:

error_reporting(0);
function myErrorHandler ($errno, $errmsg, $filename, $linenum, $vars) {
  echo 'Error';
}
set_error_handler("myErrorHandler");

require('file.php');

If file.php doesn't exist, shouldn't the error handling function be called? But it's not... Try.

If you write include('file.php'), the error handling function is called.

I tested this on two servers.

[diego25]

That's why we have 2 functions (or constructs actually) that do the same thing. Even though they both include files, require() is strictier than include().

Read here about the difference between include and require:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.require.php

Diego

[Mirrorball]

I know the difference. include generates a warning while require generates a fatal error. But wasn't myErrorHandler supposed to handle fatal errors too?