filp/whoops

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13235 stars · 601 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Whoops is a PHP error handling library that provides a stack-based system for dealing with errors and exceptions. It renders a detailed, pretty error page with stack traces, code highlights, and JSON/XML response handlers for web projects.

Use cases

• display pretty error pages in PHP web apps
• debug PHP exceptions with stack traces and code highlights
• handle AJAX errors with JSON responses
• integrate error handling into Laravel, Silex, or Zend projects
• open referenced files in an editor from an error page

When to choose

• you're developing a PHP web application and want readable, informative error output
• you need a flexible, extensible error handler with JSON/XML support
• you want stack traces with code context and editor integration during development

When to avoid

• you need error handling in production with minimal overhead and no debug output
• your project is not written in PHP
• you need full APM-style monitoring and alerting rather than error display

Facets

library · maturity stable

error-handling logging ui-components developer-tools web-development php cross-platform error-pages stack-traces debugging pretty-errors php-library web-server

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