Posted by Jochem Maas on 10/04/34 11:06

Lars B. Jensen wrote:
>>>> Is there any way, I from one function can identify which other
>>>> function called it, without parameter passing the name manually ?
>>
>> I still question whether its correct to design a function which
>> requires this. I thought the idea of encapsulating code inside a
>> function is that its non-dependent/black-boxed.... still for every
>> rule there is an exception!
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>
> Need it for my "identify why the hell this error occured, send email to
> the admins with full debug, server variables, time, pop that into the
> errorhandling database for cross referencing if it happened before".

damn good reason to use debug_backtrace() if you ask me :-)

>
> Practically, yesterday, we spend a few hours tracing a special error
> occuring extremely seldom and ended up making some crappy debugging on a
> livesite.
>
>>> Please don't post twice in an hour if you haven't yet received your
>>> answer. With that in mind, I have an answer for you. :-)
>>
>> maybe Lars thought his post had disappeared into /dev/null, not
>> altogether strange considering the fluctuating time delays in posts
>> being sent out! then maybe he's an impatient s.o.b ;-)
>
>
> Or maybe Lars has multiple email accounts, and realized he was sending
> from the wrong one forgetting he had authorized it beforehand.

I'm guessing Lars has multiple email accounts. ;-)

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> / Lars
>

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