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<sect3 id="zend.controller.plugins.standard.errorhandler">
    <title>Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler</title>

    <para>
        <classname>Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler</classname> provides a drop-in
        plugin for handling exceptions thrown by your application, including
        those resulting from missing controllers or actions; it is an
        alternative to the methods listed in the <link
            linkend="zend.controller.exceptions">MVC Exceptions section</link>.
    </para>

    <para>
        The primary targets of the plugin are:
    </para>

    <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
            <para>Intercept exceptions raised due to missing controllers or action methods</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>Intercept exceptions raised within action controllers</para>
        </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>
        In other words, the <emphasis>ErrorHandler</emphasis> plugin is designed to
        handle <acronym>HTTP</acronym> 404-type errors (page missing) and 500-type errors (internal
        error). It is not intended to catch exceptions raised in other plugins
        or routing.
    </para>

    <para>
        By default, <classname>Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler</classname> will
        forward to <methodname>ErrorController::errorAction()</methodname> in the default
        module. You may set alternate values for these by using the various
        accessors available to the plugin:
    </para>

    <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
            <para>
                <methodname>setErrorHandlerModule()</methodname> sets the controller module
                to use.
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <methodname>setErrorHandlerController()</methodname> sets the controller
                to use.
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <methodname>setErrorHandlerAction()</methodname> sets the controller action
                to use.
            </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para>
                <methodname>setErrorHandler()</methodname> takes an associative array, which
                may contain any of the keys 'module', 'controller', or 'action',
                with which it will set the appropriate values.
            </para>
        </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>
        Additionally, you may pass an optional associative array to the
        constructor, which will then proxy to <methodname>setErrorHandler()</methodname>.
    </para>

    <para>
        <classname>Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler</classname> registers a
        <methodname>postDispatch()</methodname> hook and checks for exceptions registered in
        <link linkend="zend.controller.response">the response object</link>. If
        any are found, it attempts to forward to the registered error handler
        action.
    </para>

    <para>
        If an exception occurs dispatching the error handler, the plugin will
        tell the front controller to throw exceptions, and rethrow the last
        exception registered with the response object.
    </para>

    <sect4 id="zend.controller.plugins.standard.errorhandler.fourohfour">
        <title>Using the ErrorHandler as a 404 Handler</title>

        <para>
            Since the <emphasis>ErrorHandler</emphasis> plugin captures not only
            application errors, but also errors in the controller chain arising
            from missing controller classes and/or action methods, it can be
            used as a 404 handler. To do so, you will need to have your error
            controller check the exception type.
        </para>

        <para>
            Exceptions captured are logged in an object registered in the
            request. To retrieve it, use
            <methodname>Zend_Controller_Action::_getParam('error_handler')</methodname>:
        </para>

        <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
class ErrorController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function errorAction()
    {
        $errors = $this->_getParam('error_handler');
    }
}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            Once you have the error object, you can get the type via
            <command>$errors->type;</command>. It will be one of the following:
        </para>

        <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
                <para>
                    <constant>Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler::EXCEPTION_NO_CONTROLLER</constant>,
                    indicating the controller was not found.
                </para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
                <para>
                    <constant>Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler::EXCEPTION_NO_ACTION</constant>,
                    indicating the requested action was not found.
                </para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
                <para>
                    <constant>Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler::EXCEPTION_OTHER</constant>,
                    indicating other exceptions.
                </para>
            </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>

        <para>
            You can then test for either of the first two types, and, if so,
            indicate a 404 page:
        </para>

        <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
class ErrorController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function errorAction()
    {
        $errors = $this->_getParam('error_handler');

        switch ($errors->type) {
            case Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler::EXCEPTION_NO_CONTROLLER:
            case Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler::EXCEPTION_NO_ACTION:
                // 404 error -- controller or action not found
                $this->getResponse()
                     ->setRawHeader('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found');

                // ... get some output to display...
                break;
            default:
                // application error; display error page, but don't
                // change status code
                break;
        }
    }
}
]]></programlisting>

        <para>
            Finally, you can retrieve the exception that triggered the error
            handler by grabbing the <property>exception</property> property of the
            <emphasis>error_handler</emphasis> object:
        </para>

        <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
public function errorAction()
{
        $errors = $this->_getParam('error_handler');

        switch ($errors->type) {
            case Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler::EXCEPTION_NO_CONTROLLER:
            case Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler::EXCEPTION_NO_ACTION:
                // 404 error -- controller or action not found
                $this->getResponse()
                     ->setRawHeader('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found');

                // ... get some output to display...
                break;
            default:
                // application error; display error page, but don't change
                // status code

                // ...

                // Log the exception:
                $exception = $errors->exception;
                $log = new Zend_Log(
                    new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream(
                        '/tmp/applicationException.log'
                    )
                );
                $log->debug($exception->getMessage() . "\n" .
                            $exception->getTraceAsString());
                break;
        }
}
]]></programlisting>
    </sect4>

    <sect4 id="zend.controller.plugins.standard.errorhandler.buffer">
        <title>Handling Previously Rendered Output</title>

        <para>
            If you dispatch multiple actions in a request, or if your action
            makes multiple calls to <methodname>render()</methodname>, it's possible that the
            response object already has content stored within it. This can lead
            to rendering a mixture of expected content and error content.
        </para>

        <para>
            If you wish to render errors inline in such pages, no changes will
            be necessary. If you do not wish to render such content, you should
            clear the response body prior to rendering any views:
        </para>

        <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
$this->getResponse()->clearBody();
]]></programlisting>
    </sect4>

    <sect4 id="zend.controller.plugins.standard.errorhandler.examples">
        <title>Plugin Usage Examples</title>

        <example id="zend.controller.plugins.standard.errorhandler.examples.example-1">
            <title>Standard Usage</title>
            <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
$front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$front->registerPlugin(new Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler());
]]></programlisting>
        </example>

        <example id="zend.controller.plugins.standard.errorhandler.examples.example-2">
            <title>Setting a Different Error Handler</title>
            <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
$front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$front->registerPlugin(new Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler(array(
    'module'     => 'mystuff',
    'controller' => 'static',
    'action'     => 'error'
)));
]]></programlisting>
        </example>

        <example id="zend.controller.plugins.standard.errorhandler.examples.example-3">
            <title>Using Accessors</title>
            <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
$plugin = new Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler();
$plugin->setErrorHandlerModule('mystuff')
       ->setErrorHandlerController('static')
       ->setErrorHandlerAction('error');

$front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$front->registerPlugin($plugin);
]]></programlisting>
        </example>
    </sect4>

    <sect4 id="zend.controller.plugins.standard.errorhandler.controllerexamples">
        <title>Error Controller Example</title>

        <para>
            In order to use the Error Handler plugin, you need an error
            controller. Below is a simple example.
        </para>

        <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
class ErrorController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function errorAction()
    {
        $errors = $this->_getParam('error_handler');

        switch ($errors->type) {
            case Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler::EXCEPTION_NO_CONTROLLER:
            case Zend_Controller_Plugin_ErrorHandler::EXCEPTION_NO_ACTION:
                // 404 error -- controller or action not found
                $this->getResponse()->setRawHeader('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found');

                $content =<<<EOH
<h1>Error!</h1>
<p>The page you requested was not found.</p>
EOH;
                break;
            default:
                // application error
                $content =<<<EOH
<h1>Error!</h1>
<p>An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.</p>
EOH;
                break;
        }

        // Clear previous content
        $this->getResponse()->clearBody();

        $this->view->content = $content;
    }
}
]]></programlisting>
    </sect4>
</sect3>
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