PHP | error_reporting() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new section of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP error_reporting() Function.

The error_reporting() function is used to set the error_reporting directive at runtime. PHP has many levels of errors, using this built-in PHP function sets that level for the duration (runtime) of your script.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

int error_reporting ( [int $level] );

READ: PHP | error_get_last() Function

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	level(Optional) It specifies the error report level for the current script. Value number and constant name are accepted.

Report Levels

Value	Constant	Description	PHP
1	E_ERROR	Fatal run-time errors. Errors that cannot be recovered from. Execution of the script is halted
2	E_WARNING	Non-fatal run-time errors. Execution of the script is not halted
4	E_PARSE	Compile-time parse errors. Parse errors should only be generated by the parser
8	E_NOTICE	Run-time notices. The script found something that might be an error, but could also happen when running a script normally
16	E_CORE_ERROR	Fatal errors at PHP startup. This is like an E_ERROR in the PHP core	4
32	E_CORE_WARNING	Non-fatal errors at PHP startup. This is like an E_WARNING in the PHP core	4
64	E_COMPILE_ERROR	Fatal compile-time errors. This is like an E_ERROR generated by the Zend Scripting Engine	4
128	E_COMPILE_WARNING	Non-fatal compile-time errors. This is like an E_WARNING generated by the Zend Scripting Engine	4
256	E_USER_ERROR	Fatal user-generated error. This is like an E_ERROR set by the programmer using the PHP function trigger_error()	4
512	E_USER_WARNING	Non-fatal user-generated warning. This is like an E_WARNING set by the programmer using the PHP function trigger_error()	4
1024	E_USER_NOTICE	User-generated notice. This is like an E_NOTICE set by the programmer using the PHP function trigger_error()	4
2048	E_STRICT	Run-time notices. PHP suggest changes to your code to help interoperability and compatibility of the code	5
4096	E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR	Catchable fatal error. This is like an E_ERROR but can be caught by a user defined handle (see also set_error_handler())	5
8191	E_ALL	All errors and warnings, except of level E_STRICT	5

Return Value

This built-in PHP function returns the old error_reporting levels.

Example

Try the following example -

<?php
   error_reporting(0);
   error_reporting(E_ALL);
?> 

READ: PHP | error_log() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the restore_error_handler() Function in PHP.

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