[TYPO3-dev] Fail-safe mechanism for database connectivity problem

[Dan Frost]

> 
> The problem is that it requires PHP5 while typo3 still should work with
> PHP4.
> 

True for the exceptions - but you can catch the nasty looking DB errors
with set_error_handler() in PHP4. This is sufficient to hide all
problems that might happen (apart from Syntax errors and run-time object
errors).

dan


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Dan Frost
Technical Director
3rd Eye Vision - 3ev.com