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Is it possible to use PHP for generating custom error pages (e.g. 404
not found etc.) instead of .htaccess or other means?
A friend is giving me free webspace so there is no CPanel or any other
kind of assistance that I can make use of.
I tried .htaccess but then for some reason it doesn't show my site.
I saw in a UK magazine (Web Developer) something about this but never
bought the magazine and now can't find what I was looking for at Google.
Any help appreciated.

j.o. aho

..htacceess requires

1. Server is running apache
2. usage of .htaccess has been enabled

In .htaccess you can't redefine everything, there are limitations and you can
take a look in the apache manual: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html


You would need to get every request redirected to one of your pages and that
page would lookup and see if the requested page is there or not, then either
serve the page or generate an error page.

For tuther information you can take a peak at
http://se.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php


//Aho

zeldorblat

Umm, no. You can tell Apache to use anything as the 404 page (and any
of the other error pages). So, you could have him use 404.php instead
of his default. Make your own 404.php do whatever you like.

j.o. aho

As it looks like the original poster isn't the webmaster of the server, and
therefore don't have that option to edit the ErrorDo***ent options in the
configuration.


//Aho

zeldorblat

But he does have access to .htaccess. If Override FileInfo is enabled
for the directory, ErrorDo***ent can be set via .htaccess.

bill

I would like to know if you can create custom titles and meta based on
the page there error is.


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Found the example in the magazine:
---
<?php error_reporting (E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_NOTICE);
$reportMail = 'you@youremail.com';
$redirectPage = 'http://www.yourdomain.com/error.htm'
function pageError($errno, $errstr, $errfile='?', $errline= '?') {
global $reportMail, $redirectPage;
if (($errno & error_reporting()) == 0)
return;
$err = ' ';
switch($errno) {
case E_ERROR: $err = 'FATAL'; break;
case E_WARNING: $err = 'ERROR'; break;
case E_NOTICE: return;
}
mail($reportMail, "PHP Error: $errfile' $errline",
"$errfile, Line $errline\n$err($errno)\n$errstr");
print '<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;url=' .$redirectPage.
'">';
die();
}
set_error_handler('pageError');
?>
---

Then has a further little bit of info:
---
<?php
require('errorphp.php');
print 2/0;
?>
---

Does this example mean I can use my own custom error pages e.g. 404?

As I only had a short time, I didn't get the jist of the whole article
and so am asking for help.
Thanks