Recording Parse errors

[gnative]

Hi ,
I'v ebeen trying for hours to record parse errors with the following script and log these. But it seems like parsing errors are made
before the script is run, when the script is compiled , then making this script redundant ( which at the moment is just sent off to an email and displays an error page).

Is there a way to capture parse errors and possibly log this into a file like core php does anyway ?

would love you long time if someone could help

<? 

// Decide what errors to report: 
error_reporting_(E_ERROR_|_E_WARNING_|_E_NOTICE_|_E_PARSE); 
// Webmaster email and error page url: 
$Wmemail_=_'[e-mail]'; 
$ErrorPage_=_'http://www.gnative.com/verse2/error.html'; 
// This function will check the error type: 
function_MailErrorHandler($errno,_$errstr,_$errfile='?',_$errline=_'?')_ 
{_ 
global_$Wmemail,_$ErrorPage; 
if_(($errno_&_error_reporting())_==_0) 
return; 
$err_=_''; 
switch($errno)_{ 
case_E_ERROR:_$err_=_'FATAL';_break; 
case_E_WARNING:_$err_=_'ERROR';_break; 
case_E_PARSE:_$err_=_'ERROR';_break; 
case_E_NOTICE:_return; 
} 
// Send the error details via email: 
mail($Wmemail,_ 
"PHP:_$errfile,_$errline",_ 
"$errfile,_Line_$errline\n$err($errno)\n$errstr");_ 
// Redirect to the error page: 
print_'<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;url='.$ErrorPage.'">'; 
die();_ 
}_ 
set_error_handler('MailErrorHandler'); 
?>

[Weedpacket]

If PHP is already doing what you're wanting it to do, why not just take advantage of that?

But I can think of one way to do it in a script; have your logging script call the failing script using include("http://...../"). The two will have to run as separate programs because if there's a parse error then it's not a valid program and hence can't run at all.

[gnative]

and Just catch the resulting resulting errors ? but surely if you use include that would make it all the same script ?

is there way to listen into the core php and pick up errors that are logged. ? and then look for errors for a specified file and publish these ?

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by gnative
and Just catch the resulting resulting errors ? but surely if you use include that would make it all the same script ?

[man]include[/man]
If "URL fopen wrappers" are enabled in PHP (which they are in the default configuration), you can specify the file to be included using a URL (via HTTP or other supported wrapper - see Appendix L for a list of protocols) instead of a local pathname. If the target server interprets the target file as PHP code, variables may be passed to the included file using a URL request string as used with HTTP GET. This is not strictly speaking the same thing as including the file and having it inherit the parent file's variable scope; the script is actually being run on the remote server and the result is then being included into the local script.

is there way to listen into the core php and pick up errors that are logged. ? and then look for errors for a specified file and publish these ?

That's what PHP's error logging directives are for. Like I ask, why not use them? I do recall an extension called xdebug that might be of use. Google should be able to find it.

[gnative]

Thanks,
I still have alot to learn with PHP and this will help.
I'm actually trying to write a debugging script for flash. that will return the error variables back to my flash object and display them so i can pick it up in the flash debug programme. It will take some time out of my development time.

Cheers
Shane

[Weedpacket]

Oh, okay. Well, if you can run PHP as a CLI system call, you can use its -l switch.

$syntax_report = `php -l test_script.php`;

That will only catch parse errors; runtime errors will not be caught because test_script.php is never run.