Good error handling with file_get_contents [duplicate]

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Here’s an idea:

function fget_contents() {
    $args = func_get_args();
    // the @ can be removed if you lower error_reporting level
    $contents = @call_user_func_array('file_get_contents', $args);

    if ($contents === false) {
        throw new Exception('Failed to open ' . $file);
    } else {
        return $contents;
    }
}

Basically a wrapper to file_get_contents. It will throw an exception on failure.
To avoid having to override file_get_contents itself, you can

// change this
$dom->load(call_user_func_array('file_get_contents', $args), true); 
// to
$dom->load(call_user_func_array('fget_contents', $args), true);

Now you can:

try {
    $html3 = file_get_html(trim("$link")); 
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle error here
}

Error suppression (either by using @ or by lowering the error_reporting level is a valid solution. This can throw exceptions and you can use that to handle your errors. There are many reasons why file_get_contents might generate warnings, and PHP’s manual itself recommends lowering error_reporting: See manual

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