php error pages

[laPistola]

can you do

 

ErrorDocument 404 /errors.php?status=404

 

in the .htaccess file

 

i tried this to test but it just shows the normal browsers default 404 page, i tried

 

ErrorDocument 404 /errors.php as well with same results.

 

my idea was to have one page with a switch case that finds the error code from the $_GET['status'] and displays the correct error to save me time with loads of different error pages??

[timmah1]

Your errors.php file could have a switch clause in it

<?php
switch($_GET['status']) {

		case "404":
			echo "404 Error";
		break;

		case "500":
			echo "500 Error";
		break;

	}
?>

 

and then on your page, if the error occurred, redirect

header("Location: " . $config_basedir . "errors.php?status=404");

 

 

 

 

[laPistola]

yes thats what i had it just wasn't working untill i changed to htaccess file to default to use php5, i left it on php4 when checking why something wasn't working.

 

if anyone wants to use the code and save themselves time here it is

 

	switch ($status) {
	case "400":
		$titleE = "400 Error - Bad Request";
		$messE = "Sorry the request made wasn't understood!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "401":
		$titleE = "401 Error - Unauthorised";
		$messE = "You are not authorised to access this page, please try loging in first!<br /><br /><a href='login.php'>Login Here</a>";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "403":
		$titleE = "403 Error - Forbidden";
		$messE = "You do not have access to this area!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "404":
		$titleE = "404 Error - Page not found";
		$messE = "The page you requested couldn't be found!";
		$contact = 1;
	    header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
	break;
	case "405":
		$titleE = "405 Error - Method not allowed";
		$messE = "";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "406":
		$titleE = "406 Error - Not Acceptable";
		$messE = "";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "407":
		$titleE = "407 Error - Proxy Authentication Required";
		$messE = "";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "408":
		$titleE = "408 Error - Request Time-Out";
		$messE = "Your request timed out due to our server not responding!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "409":
		$titleE = "409 Error - Conflicting Request";
		$messE = "The request you made conflicted with another!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "410":
		$titleE = "410 Error - Gone";
		$messE = "";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "411":
		$titleE = "411 Error - Content Length Required";
		$messE = "Your content wasn't long enough";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "412":
		$titleE = "412 Error - Precondition Failed";
		$messE = "";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "413":
		$titleE = "413 Error - Request Entity Too Long";
		$messE = "The entry you made was to long!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "414":
		$titleE = "414 Error - URL to long";
		$messE = "The URL you submitted was to long!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "415":
		$titleE = "415 Error - Unsupported Media Type";
		$messE = "";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "500":
		$titleE = "500 Error - Internal server error";
		$messE = "There was an error within our server!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "501":
		$titleE = "501 Error - Not Implemented";
		$messE = "The service required is not supported!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "502":
		$titleE = "502 Error - Bad Gateway";
		$messE = "";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "503":
		$titleE = "503 Error - Out of Resources";
		$messE = "The server cannot process the request due to a system overload.  This is usually a temporary condition!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "504":
		$titleE = "504 Error - Gateway Time-Out";
		$messE = "The connection timed out due to do response within the set time!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	case "505":
		$titleE = "505 Error - HTTP Version not supported";
		$messE = "Sorry we can't understand the browser you are using - Please try using a different browser verison!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
	default:
		$titleE = "Error";
		$messE = "There was an unknown error!";
		$contact = 1;
	break;
}

 

htaccess code

 

ErrorDocument 400 /errors.php?status=400
ErrorDocument 401 /errors.php?status=402
ErrorDocument 403 /errors.php?status=403
ErrorDocument 404 /errors.php?status=404
ErrorDocument 405 /errors.php?status=405
ErrorDocument 406 /errors.php?status=406
ErrorDocument 407 /errors.php?status=407
ErrorDocument 408 /errors.php?status=408
ErrorDocument 409 /errors.php?status=409
ErrorDocument 410 /errors.php?status=410
ErrorDocument 411 /errors.php?status=411
ErrorDocument 412 /errors.php?status=412
ErrorDocument 413 /errors.php?status=413
ErrorDocument 414 /errors.php?status=414
ErrorDocument 415 /errors.php?status=415
ErrorDocument 500 /errors.php?status=500
ErrorDocument 501 /errors.php?status=501
ErrorDocument 502 /errors.php?status=502
ErrorDocument 503 /errors.php?status=503
ErrorDocument 504 /errors.php?status=504
ErrorDocument 505 /errors.php?status=505

 

 

My next question is there a way to use htaccess or another simple why to make all php and mysql errors point to my errors.php page with out having to go through all my code and make or die errors point to it??

[cooldude832]

Your Idea makes sense and should work I think your issue is on the .htaccess/apache side of things which means you need to find google/apache forums for this

[laPistola]

it does work, thats the working code, i was just wondering if there is anyway to use htaccess or even another way to default any error thats MySQL or PHP generated to one page without having to edit all the or die() functions

[cooldude832]

I see um I am not 100% because you can recompile the php freely odds are you can do it somehow but I do not know how

[laPistola]

Thanks anyway, i have googled for the answer but all seemed to take me to http errors in htaccess, maybe a flick through apaches manual might shed some light on it

 

[laPistola]

Checked apache manual and php.ini manual and i cant find anything, there is a few error realated functions in the php.net manual but nothing i could work out how to define a custom error page site wide.

 

Ill im after if anything like the database connection fails or there is a fatal error is for them to direct to a nice user friendly sorry there is an error type page with the sites header etc.