Why does the script continue to execute after encountering an error message in PHP, despite using "or die()"?

The issue may be due to the error reporting level set in PHP configuration or due to the error being a warning rather than a fatal error. To ensure that the script stops executing after encountering an error message, you can set the error_reporting level to include E_ERROR in your PHP code or handle the error using try-catch blocks. 

// Set error reporting level to include E_ERROR
error_reporting(E_ERROR);

// Your existing PHP code with "or die()" statements
// For example:
$file = fopen("example.txt", "r") or die("Unable to open file!");

// Alternatively, you can use try-catch blocks to handle errors
try {
    $file = fopen("example.txt", "r");
    if (!$file) {
        throw new Exception("Unable to open file!");
    }
    // Continue with the script
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
    // Stop script execution or perform other error handling actions
}

Keywords

error handling die() exception handling error reporting error types

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