Or die... Or do something else?

[juraj]

Let's say I have this...

$result = mysql_query($query)
or die ('MySQL query #21 failed.');

How could something like this be possible?

$result = mysql_query($query)
or $success = 'failed', $debuginfo = 'MySQL query #21';

What I want to do is to do multiple commands after the or statement, and avoid using die so I can handle the error reporting myself later in the code.

How should I separate multiple commands when using or statement? I can specify only one command( or $success = 'failed'; ), but I couldn't find a way to specify more commands. Tried using commas, parentheses, {} but I had no success.

[thorpe]

you can use an if() instead.

if (!$result = mysql_query($query)) {
  $success = 'failed';
  $debuginfo = 'mysql query #21';
}

[Weedpacket]

$result = mysql_query($query) or choke($query);

Where "choke()" is a function you write.