array inside exit() function?

[morrty]

Just wondering if this is good practice or not? It seems to work but I couldn't find anything on this:

			
if(!@mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'password')) {        //Connect to Server
	exit($error[] = '<p>Unable to connect to the database server</p>');
} else {
	if(!@mysql_select_db('dbname')) {        //Select Database
		exit($error[] = '<p>Unable to select database.</p>');
	}
}

I want to do it this way so I can have all errors echo'ed in an errors section on the page.

[Dan Grossman]

exit() is going to end execution of your program, you won't be able to access those arrays in later code

Don't call exit() at all, just set the arrays

[techsupport21]

exit — Output a message and terminate the current script