trigger_error() — internals

trigger_error() — internals

Where it lives

• Signature: crates/elephc-builtin-contract/src/catalog_data.rs
• Lowering: src/web_prelude/build.rs:1828 (trigger_error)
• Function symbol: trigger_error()

Lowering notes

• Implemented by the compiler-injected web prelude.

Semantic descriptor

Shared contract implemented by an injected elephc-PHP prelude.

EIR and runtime boundary

Implemented by an injected elephc-PHP prelude.

Signature summary

function trigger_error(string $message, int $error_level = E_USER_NOTICE): bool

What the type checker enforces

• Arity: takes 1–2 arguments (1 optional).

Eval interpreter (magician)

Not callable from eval’d code — the magician interpreter has no entry for this builtin.

Cross-references

• User reference for trigger_error()