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+<?php defined("SYSPATH") or die("No direct script access.");
+/**
+ * Gallery - a web based photo album viewer and editor
+ * Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Bharat Mediratta
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+class View extends View_Core {
+  /**
+   * Override View_Core::render so that we trap errors stemming from bad PHP includes and show a
+   * visible stack trace to help developers.
+   *
+   * @see View_Core::render
+   */
+  public function render($print=false, $renderer=false) {
+    try {
+      return parent::render($print, $renderer);
+    } catch (Exception $e) {
+      if (!IN_PRODUCTION) {
+        print $e->getTraceAsString();
+        return $e->getMessage();
+      }
+
+      Kohana::Log('error', $e->getTraceAsString());
+      Kohana::Log('debug', $e->getMessage());
+      return "";
+    }
+  }
+}