Can I try/catch a warning?

Question

I need to catch some warnings being thrown from some php native functions and then handle them.

Specifically:

array dns_get_record  ( string $hostnam         


        

Answer 1

Combining these lines of code around a file_get_contents() call to an external url helped me handle warnings like "failed to open stream: Connection timed out" much better:

set_error_handler(function ($err_severity, $err_msg, $err_file, $err_line, array $err_context)
{
    throw new ErrorException( $err_msg, 0, $err_severity, $err_file, $err_line );
}, E_WARNING);
try {
    $iResult = file_get_contents($sUrl);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    $this->sErrorMsg = $e->getMessage();
}
restore_error_handler();

This solution works within object context, too. You could use it in a function:

public function myContentGetter($sUrl)
{
  ... code above ...
  return $iResult;
}