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<h1 class="refname">error_reporting</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">error_reporting</span> — <span class="dc-title">Sets which PHP errors are reported</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.error-reporting-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>error_reporting</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$level</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
The <span class="function"><strong>error_reporting()</strong></span> function sets the
<a href="errorfunc.configuration.html#ini.error-reporting" class="link">error_reporting</a>
directive at runtime. PHP has many levels of errors, using
this function sets that level for the duration (runtime) of
your script. If the optional <em><code class="parameter">level</code></em> is
not set, <span class="function"><strong>error_reporting()</strong></span> will just return
the current error reporting level.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.error-reporting-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">level</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The new <a href="errorfunc.configuration.html#ini.error-reporting" class="link">error_reporting</a>
level. It takes on either a bitmask, or named constants. Using named
constants is strongly encouraged to ensure compatibility for future
versions. As error levels are added, the range of integers increases,
so older integer-based error levels will not always behave as expected.
</p>
<p class="para">
The available error level constants and the actual
meanings of these error levels are described in the
<a href="errorfunc.constants.html" class="link">predefined constants</a>.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.error-reporting-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the old <a href="errorfunc.configuration.html#ini.error-reporting" class="link">error_reporting</a>
level or the current level if no <em><code class="parameter">level</code></em> parameter is
given.
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.error-reporting-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
<p class="para">
<table class="doctable informaltable">
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<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>5.4.0</td>
<td><strong><code>E_STRICT</code></strong> became part of <strong><code>E_ALL</code></strong>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5.3.0</td>
<td><strong><code>E_DEPRECATED</code></strong> and <strong><code>E_USER_DEPRECATED</code></strong> introduced.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5.2.0</td>
<td><strong><code>E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR</code></strong> introduced.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5.0.0</td>
<td><strong><code>E_STRICT</code></strong> introduced (not part of <strong><code>E_ALL</code></strong>).</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.error-reporting-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-453">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>error_reporting()</strong></span> examples</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Turn off all error reporting<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">error_reporting</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Report simple running errors<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">error_reporting</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_ERROR </span><span style="color: #007700">| </span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_WARNING </span><span style="color: #007700">| </span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_PARSE</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Reporting E_NOTICE can be good too (to report uninitialized<br />// variables or catch variable name misspellings ...)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">error_reporting</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_ERROR </span><span style="color: #007700">| </span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_WARNING </span><span style="color: #007700">| </span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_PARSE </span><span style="color: #007700">| </span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_NOTICE</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Report all errors except E_NOTICE<br />// This is the default value set in php.ini<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">error_reporting</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_ALL </span><span style="color: #007700">^ </span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_NOTICE</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Report all PHP errors (see changelog)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">error_reporting</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_ALL</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Report all PHP errors<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">error_reporting</span><span style="color: #007700">(-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Same as error_reporting(E_ALL);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">ini_set</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'error_reporting'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">E_ALL</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.error-reporting-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong>
<p class="simpara">
Most of <strong><code>E_STRICT</code></strong> errors are evaluated at the
compile time thus such errors are not reported in the file where
<a href="errorfunc.configuration.html#ini.error-reporting" class="link">error_reporting</a> is enhanced
to include <strong><code>E_STRICT</code></strong> errors (and vice versa).
</p>
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<div class="tip"><strong class="tip">Tip</strong>
<p class="simpara">
Passing in the value <em>-1</em> will show every possible error,
even when new levels and constants are added in future PHP versions. The
<strong><code>E_ALL</code></strong> constant also behaves this way as of PHP 5.4.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.error-reporting-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member">The <a href="errorfunc.configuration.html#ini.display-errors" class="link">display_errors</a> directive</li>
<li class="member">The <a href="errorfunc.configuration.html#ini.html-errors" class="link">html_errors</a> directive</li>
<li class="member">The <a href="errorfunc.configuration.html#ini.xmlrpc-errors" class="link">xmlrpc_errors</a> directive</li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ini-set.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ini_set()</a> - Sets the value of a configuration option</span></li>
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