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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>trigger_error() — output an error message</p>
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<code class="methodsynopsis"><span class="type">void </span><span class="methodname">trigger_error</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string </span><span class="parameter">error_msg</span></span>,<br> <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int </span><span class="parameter">level</span></span>);</code><p>
This function can be used to output an error message using Smarty.
<em class="parameter"><code>level</code></em> parameter can be one of the values
used for the PHP <a class="ulink" href="http://php.net/trigger_error" target="_top">
<code class="varname">trigger_error()</code></a> function, eg:
<code class="literal">E_USER_NOTICE</code>, <code class="literal">E_USER_WARNING</code>, etc.
By default it's <code class="literal">E_USER_WARNING</code>.
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<em class="parameter"><code>$error_reporting</code></em></a>,
<a class="link" href="chapter.debugging.console.html" title="Chapter 10. Debugging Console">debugging</a>
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