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<refentry xml:id="function.set-exception-handler" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>set_exception_handler</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Sets a user-defined exception handler function 
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>callable</type><type>null</type></type><methodname>set_exception_handler</methodname>
   <methodparam><type class="union"><type>callable</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>callback</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Sets the default exception handler if an exception is not caught within a
   try/catch block. Execution will stop after the
   <parameter>callback</parameter> is called.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>callback</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The function to be called when an uncaught exception occurs.
       This handler function needs to accept one parameter,
       which will be the <classname>Throwable</classname> object that was thrown.
       Both <classname>Error</classname> and <classname>Exception</classname>
       implement the <classname>Throwable</classname> interface.
       This is the handler signature:
      </para>
      <para>
       <methodsynopsis>
        <type>void</type><methodname><replaceable>handler</replaceable></methodname>
        <methodparam><type>Throwable</type><parameter>ex</parameter></methodparam>
       </methodsynopsis>
      </para>
      <para>
       &null; may be passed instead, to reset this handler to its default state.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the previously defined exception handler, or &null; on error. If
   no previous handler was defined, &null; is also returned.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>set_exception_handler</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
function exception_handler(Throwable $exception) {
  echo "Uncaught exception: " , $exception->getMessage(), "\n";
}

set_exception_handler('exception_handler');

throw new Exception('Uncaught Exception');
echo "Not Executed\n";
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso"><!-- {{{ -->
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>restore_exception_handler</function></member>
    <member><function>restore_error_handler</function></member>
    <member><function>error_reporting</function></member>
    <member><link linkend="language.exceptions">Exceptions</link></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1><!-- }}} -->

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