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# die

die -- Output a message and terminate the current script.

## Description

`void die`(string message);

This language construct outputs a message and terminates parsing of the script. It does not return.

Example 1. die example

      1
      2 <?php
      3 $filename = '/path/to/data-file';
      4 $file = fopen ($filename, 'r')
      5     or die("unable to open file ($filename)");
      6 ?>
      7

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