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<refentry xml:id="rarexception.setusingexceptions" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>RarException::setUsingExceptions</refname>
  <refpurpose>Activate and deactivate error handling with exceptions</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <modifier>public</modifier> <modifier>static</modifier> <type>void</type><methodname>RarException::setUsingExceptions</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>bool</type><parameter>using_exceptions</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   If and only if the argument is &true;, then, instead of emitting warnings and returning a special value indicating error when the UnRAR library encounters an error, an exception of type <type>RarException</type> will be thrown.
  </para>
  <para>
   Exceptions will also be thrown for the following errors, which occur outside the library (their error code will be -1):
  </para>
  <itemizedlist>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     attempting some operations on a closed <type>RarArchive</type> object or a <type>RarEntry</type> object relative to the first;
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     attempting to get an entry that does not exist with <methodname>RarArchive::getEntry</methodname>.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>

 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>using_exceptions</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Should be &true; to activate exception throwing, &false; to deactivate (the default).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.void;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>RarException::setUsingExceptions</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
var_dump(RarException::isUsingExceptions());
$arch = RarArchive::open("does_not_exist.rar");
var_dump($arch);

RarException::setUsingExceptions(true);
var_dump(RarException::isUsingExceptions());
$arch = RarArchive::open("does_not_exist.rar");
var_dump($arch); //not reached
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs.similar;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
bool(false)

Warning: RarArchive::open(): Failed to open does_not_exist.rar: ERAR_EOPEN (file open error) in C:\php_rar\trunk\tests\test.php on line 3
bool(false)
bool(true)

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'RarException' with message 'unRAR internal error: Failed to open does_not_exist.rar: ERAR_EOPEN (file open error)' in C:\php_rar\trunk\tests\test.php:8
Stack trace:
#0 C:\php_rar\trunk\tests\test.php(8): RarArchive::open('does_not_exist....')
#1 {main}
  thrown in C:\php_rar\trunk\tests\test.php on line 8
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>


 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><methodname>RarException::isUsingExceptions</methodname></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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