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<refentry xml:id="function.trigger-error" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>trigger_error</refname>
<refpurpose>Generates a user-level error/warning/notice message</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>true</type><methodname>trigger_error</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>message</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>error_level</parameter><initializer><constant>E_USER_NOTICE</constant></initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Used to trigger a user error condition, it can be used in conjunction
with the built-in error handler, or with a user defined function that has
been set as the new error handler
(<function>set_error_handler</function>).
</para>
<para>
This function is useful when you need to generate a particular response to
an exception at runtime.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>message</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The designated error message for this error. It's limited to 1024
bytes in length. Any additional characters beyond 1024 bytes will be
truncated.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>error_level</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The designated error type for this error. It only works with the <constant>E_USER_<replaceable>*</replaceable></constant>
family of constants, and will default to <constant>E_USER_NOTICE</constant>.
</para>
<warning>
<simpara>
Passing <constant>E_USER_ERROR</constant> as the
<parameter>error_level</parameter> is now deprecated.
Throw an <exceptionname>Exception</exceptionname> or
call <function>exit</function> instead.
</simpara>
</warning>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&return.true.always;
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="errors">
&reftitle.errors;
<para>
This function throws a <classname>ValueError</classname> if
<parameter>error_level</parameter> is not one of
<constant>E_USER_ERROR</constant>, <constant>E_USER_WARNING</constant>,
<constant>E_USER_NOTICE</constant>, <constant>E_USER_DEPRECATED</constant>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>8.4.0</entry>
<entry>
Passing <constant>E_USER_ERROR</constant> as the
<parameter>error_level</parameter> is now deprecated.
Throw an <exceptionname>Exception</exceptionname> or
call <function>exit</function> instead.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>8.4.0</entry>
<entry>
The function now has a return type of <type>true</type>
instead of <type>bool</type>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>8.0.0</entry>
<entry>
The function now throws a <classname>ValueError</classname> if an invalid
<parameter>error_level</parameter> is specified. Previously, it returned &false;.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>trigger_error</function> example</title>
<para>
See <function>set_error_handler</function> for a more extensive example.
</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$password = $_POST['password'] ?? '';
if ($password === '') {
trigger_error("Using an empty password is unsafe", E_USER_WARNING);
}
$hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<warning>
<para>
HTML entities in <parameter>message</parameter> are not
escaped. Use <function>htmlentities</function> on the message if
the error is to be displayed in a browser.
</para>
</warning>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>error_reporting</function></member>
<member><function>set_error_handler</function></member>
<member><function>restore_error_handler</function></member>
<member>The <link linkend="errorfunc.constants">error level constants</link></member>
<member>The <classname>Deprecated</classname> attribute</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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