* support both error codes and messages in the second parameter to

  PEAR::isError()

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pear/PEAR.php b/pear/PEAR.php
index a1d518ddd7..8c536d717c 100644
--- a/pear/PEAR.php
+++ b/pear/PEAR.php
@@ -232,7 +232,13 @@ class PEAR
     {
         if (is_object($data) && (get_class($data) == 'pear_error' ||
                                  is_subclass_of($data, 'pear_error'))) {
-            return $code === null ? true : $data->getCode() == $code;
+            if (is_null($code)) {
+                return true;
+            } elseif (is_string($code)) {
+                return $data->getMessage() == $code;
+            } else {
+                return $data->getCode() == $code;
+            }
         }
         return false;
     }