die() or exit()

[veledrom]

Hi,

I just want to find out which is better?

Thanks

......
echo "Database connection error";
exit;

OR

......
die ("Database connection error");

[kireol]

in other languages there's a difference. in php they're the same. Traditionally in programming, you exit when things all work correctly and you just want to quit, and you die on errors.

[phpbeginners]

you can use  exit("Database connection error"); no need to echo;

[veledrom]

exit("Database connection error");

is nice one!
Thanks guys

[HarryJackson]

I think die() because it shows exception

[phpbeginners]

die — Equivalent to exit()

//exit program normally

exit;
exit();
exit(0);

//exit with an error code
exit(1);
exit(0376); //octal

I haven't try die(1) or die(0376) try it! :-)