Different approaches
Exceptions
Common OO concept
Found in almost any OO lang (e.g. Java, C#,...)
New in PHP 5
"
);
}
function writeToFile( $file, $content )
{
if ( ( $f = fopen( $file, "w" ) ) === false )
{
throw new FileNotWritableException(
$file
);
}
// ...
}
try
{
writeToFile( "/tmp/foo", "99 klingons..." );
}
catch ( FileNotWriteableException $e )
{
// handle error...
}
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