PHP Error Handling Functions Reference Guide

This reference page provides a comprehensive, alphabetical catalog of all built-in Error Functions in PHP. In modern web development and university exams (BCA, BSc CS, B.Tech), understanding these core functions accelerates programming speed and prevents you from reinventing existing standard library tools.

Quick Tip: In modern PHP 8, you can use named arguments to specify parameters without having to memorize optional default argument positions!

Function

Description

debug_backtrace

Generates a backtrace

debug_print_backtrace

Prints a backtrace

error_clear_last

Clear the most recent error

error_get_last

Get the last occurred error

error_log

Send an error message to the defined error handling routines

error_reporting

Sets which PHP errors are reported

restore_error_handler

Restores the previous error handler function

restore_exception_handler

Restores the previously defined exception handler function

set_error_handler

Sets a user-defined error handler function

user_error

Alias of trigger_error

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