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58<h1>Error Handling</h1>
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60<p>CodeIgniter lets you build error reporting into your applications using the functions described below.
61In addition, it has an error logging class that permits error and debugging messages to be saved as text files.</p>
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63<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> By default, CodeIgniter displays all PHP errors. You might
64wish to change this behavior once your development is complete. You'll find the <dfn>error_reporting()</dfn>
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68<p>Unlike most systems in CodeIgniter, the error functions are simple procedural interfaces that are available
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72<p>The following functions let you generate errors:</p>
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Derek Jones817163a2009-07-11 17:05:58 +0000[diff] [blame^]74<h2>show_error('<var>message</var>' [, int <var>$status_code</var>= 500 ] )</h2>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]75<p>This function will display the error message supplied to it using the following error template:</p>
76<p><dfn>application/errors/</dfn><kbd>error_general.php</kbd></p>
Derek Jones817163a2009-07-11 17:05:58 +0000[diff] [blame^]77<p>The optional parameter $status_code determines what HTTP status code should be sent with the error.</p>
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79<h2>show_404('<var>page</var>')</h2>
80<p>This function will display the 404 error message supplied to it using the following error template:</p>
81<p><dfn>application/errors/</dfn><kbd>error_404.php</kbd></p>
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83<p>The function expects the string passed to it to be the file path to the page that isn't found.
84Note that CodeIgniter automatically shows 404 messages if controllers are not found.</p>
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87<h2>log_message('<var>level</var>', '<samp>message</samp>')</h2>
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89<p>This function lets you write messages to your log files. You must supply one of three "levels"
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103log_message('info', 'The purpose of some variable is to provide some value.');<br />
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106<p>There are three message types:</p>
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109<li>Error Messages. These are actual errors, such as PHP errors or user errors.</li>
110<li>Debug Messages. These are messages that assist in debugging. For example, if a class has been initialized, you could log this as debugging info.</li>
111<li>Informational Messages. These are the lowest priority messages, simply giving information regarding some process. CodeIgniter doesn't natively generate any info messages but you may want to in your application.</li>
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115<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> In order for the log file to actually be written, the
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