Title: wp_php_error_message
Published: May 7, 2019
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_php_error_message’, string $message, array $error )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_php_error_message/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_php_error_message/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_php_error_message/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_php_error_message/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the message that the default PHP error template displays.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_php_error_message/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$message`string

HTML error message to display.

`$error`array

Error information retrieved from `error_get_last()`.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_php_error_message/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    $message = apply_filters( 'wp_php_error_message', $message, $error );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php#L224)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php#L224-L224)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_php_error_message/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Fatal_Error_Handler::display_default_error_template()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_fatal_error_handler/display_default_error_template/)`wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php` |

Displays the default PHP error template.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_php_error_message/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [5.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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