Ignore parse error on include?

[EmperorcJ]

Is there a way to ignore parse errors when calling an include? That is, the script calls include("file.php"), but if file.php has a parse error, the script just ignores the include and moves on.

 

If you need specifics, I'm running an AIM bot and I have it so I can update part of the bot's functionality while it's still running.

 

It looks something like this:

 

...

while(1)
{
// check for new data 
        ...

        // respond to data
include("flamingcactus.php");

}

 

And the included file looks something like this:

 

...
if($message=="asdfghjk") sendIM("what");
else if($message=="etrtyhfds") sendIM("oh");
...

 

Every now and then I'll make a typo though and the whole program will crash, and I'll have to restart the bot and log in again. I'd rather just ignore the included file.

 

Try/catch didn't work.

 

I running php 5.2.5 on a windows machine.

[LemonInflux]

If there's an error to ignore, put @ on the start of the line you think there may be an error. That way, errors are hidden for that line.

[EmperorcJ]

Nah I tried that too.

 

@include("file.php");

 

terminates the program if there's a parse error in file.php

 

 

 

 

[EmperorcJ]

Be warned that parse error in included file doesn't cause processing halting in PHP versions prior to PHP 4.3.5. Since this version, it does.

 

--PHP.net

 

Are there other options besides downgrading?

[LemonInflux]

Nah I tried that too.

 

@include("file.php");

 

terminates the program if there's a parse error in file.php

 

 

 

 

 

I meant putting the @ in file.php.