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-====== PHP RFC: Your Title Here ======+====== PHP RFC: Error backtraces ======
   * Version: 1.0   * Version: 1.0
   * Date: 2020-05-25   * Date: 2020-05-25
   * Author: Max Semenik, maxsem.wiki@gmail.com   * Author: Max Semenik, maxsem.wiki@gmail.com
-  * Status: Draft+  * Status: Inactive
   * First Published at: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/error_backtraces   * First Published at: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/error_backtraces
  
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 PHP errors, unlike exceptions, are much more limited in programmers' ability to control their handling and get detailed information about them. I propose to fix some of these issues by recording a backtrace for every error. PHP errors, unlike exceptions, are much more limited in programmers' ability to control their handling and get detailed information about them. I propose to fix some of these issues by recording a backtrace for every error.
  
-This can't be addressed with ''set_error_handler()'' and ''register_shutdown_function()'', the former can't handle certain types of errors while the latter is getting called when the original backtrace is already unavailable.+This problem is so serious that, for example, Wikimedia has created [[https://github.com/wikimedia/php-wmerrors|an extension]] for this.
  
 ===== Proposal ===== ===== Proposal =====
-Introduce a new INI setting, ''debug_backtraces'' that allows to turn this feature on and off, as well as to limit the number of stack frames outputted. Zero would mean no backtraces, a positive value means output this number of frames, negative value for no limit. By default it would be on in development settings but off in production. People who don't want to have the overhead of generating backtraces in production or who are afraid for stability can disable this functionality.+Add backtraces to error output.
  
 **Error output**: traces will be formatted exactly like for exceptions, and appended to error messages, e.g.: **Error output**: traces will be formatted exactly like for exceptions, and appended to error messages, e.g.:
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 #3 {main} #3 {main}
 </code> </code>
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 +**Logging**: backtraces will be logged just like for exceptions.
  
 **''error_get_last()''** output will have another element added to it if a trace is available: **''error_get_last()''** output will have another element added to it if a trace is available:
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 } }
 </code> </code>
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 +**Configuration**: while always having backtraces is nice for debugging, some people might not like the performance overhead of generating backtraces or the risk of having to generate a trace after a fatal error. I therefore propose to address this with an INI setting, ''debug_backtraces'' that allows to turn this feature on and off, as well as to limit the number of stack frames outputted:
 +  * 0 - no backtraces
 +  * positive number - output this number of frames
 +  * negative value - no limit
 +By default it would be on in development settings but off in production.
  
 ===== Backward Incompatible Changes ===== ===== Backward Incompatible Changes =====
-Everything will behave exactly as before with backtraces disabled, while turning them on would introduce a few minor changes to how errors are represented. Should not be a problem. In the current proposed implementation, a new error constant ''E_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION'' is introduced, though it's not included in ''E_ALL'' and is for internal use only.+  * In the current proposed implementation, a new error flag ''E_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION'' is introduced to [[https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5642/files#diff-1a9cfc6173e3a434387996e46086da56R1310|avoid outputting backtraces for unhandled exceptions twice]], though it's not included in ''E_ALL'' and is invisible for userspace. 
 +  * From the userspace POV, everything will behave exactly as before with backtraces disabled, while turning them on would introduce a few minor changes to how errors are represented.
  
 ===== Proposed PHP Version(s) ===== ===== Proposed PHP Version(s) =====
 8.0 8.0
  
-==== php.ini Defaults ====+===== php.ini Defaults =====
 For ''error_backtraces'': For ''error_backtraces'':
   * Default value: 0   * Default value: 0
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 ===== Unaffected PHP Functionality ===== ===== Unaffected PHP Functionality =====
-Everything other the minor stuff mentioned in //Backward Incompatible Changes//.+Everything other than the minor stuff mentioned in //Backward Incompatible Changes//.
  
 ===== Future Scope ===== ===== Future Scope =====
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 ===== Proposed Voting Choices ===== ===== Proposed Voting Choices =====
-Accept this RFC (yes/no)?+  * Accept this RFC (yes/no)?
  
 ===== Patches and Tests ===== ===== Patches and Tests =====
-  * WIP patch:+  * WIP patch: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5642
  
 ===== References ===== ===== References =====
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