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<h1 class="refname">$php_errormsg</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">$php_errormsg</span> — <span class="dc-title">The previous error message</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<var class="varname"><var class="varname">$php_errormsg</var></var> is a variable containing the
text of the last error message generated by PHP. This variable
will only be available within the scope in which the error
occurred, and only if the <a href="errorfunc.configuration.html#ini.track-errors" class="link">track_errors</a> configuration
option is turned on (it defaults to off).
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong>
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If a user defined error handler ( <span class="function"><a href="function.set-error-handler.html" class="function">set_error_handler()</a></span>)
is set <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$php_errormsg</var></var> is only set if the error handler
returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$php_errormsg</var></var> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">@</span><span style="color: #0000BB">strpos</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$php_errormsg</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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Wrong parameter count for strpos()
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