strictmode-php

A tiny php include to make php code more strict and catch problems sooner.

This library catches all PHP notices, warnings, and errors and turns them into PHP exceptions.

It also catches all uncaught exceptions and prints a stack trace. It can also send an email alert for uncaught exceptions.

The net result is that minor problems are caught early in development and it forces the developer to write much cleaner code.

The email alerts are useful for production environments, to notify site operators of any problems.

strictmode.php is a single file that can be included with require_once or can be included via autoload when using composer.

Let's see an example.

app code:

This uses require_once(), see below for autoload example.

<?php
require_once( __DIR__ . '/../strictmode.php');
define( 'strictmode\ALERTS_MAILTO', '[email protected]' );
...

echo HELLO;   // this will generate a PHP notice.

output:

Uncaught Exception. code: 8, message: Use of undefined constant HELLO - assumed 'HELLO'
/home/danda/dev/strictmode-php/t.php : 7

Stack Trace:
#0 /home/danda/dev/strictmode-php/t.php(7): strictmode\_global_error_handler(8, 'Use of undefine...', '/home/danda/dev...', 7, Array)
#1 {main}

INFO: alert sent to [email protected]


Now exiting.  Please report this problem to the software author

For comparison, here is normal php output without strictmode.php

PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant HELLO - assumed 'HELLO' in /home/danda/dev/strictmode-php/t.php on line 7
HELLO

including via composer / autoload

<?php
require_once __DIR__  . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
define( 'strictmode\ALERTS_MAILTO', '[email protected]' );
\strictmode\initializer::init();

// your app code...

Configuring email alerts

set alert address

define( 'strictmode\ALERTS_MAILTO', '[email protected]' );

disable warning if ALERTS_MAILTO not set

define( 'strictmode\ALERTS_DISABLE', 1 );

Installation and Running.

Install strictmode-php into your own project using a composer require in your project's composer.json, eg:

    $ cd yourproject
    $ composer require dan-da/strictmode-php

Then run composer install.

Todos

• add more test cases