JS: Prevent IE crash when using console (console.log)

Written by Garry Lachman (Admin). Posted on October 29, 2012. Filed under JavaScript. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the Permalink. Post a Comment. Leave a Trackback URL.

When the console is close and we call console.log from javascript most of the times
Internet Explorer will crash with the message:
Error: ‘console’ is undefined

Here is my solution for this annoying bug.

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if (typeof console == 'undefined')   {
    var console = new Object();
    console.log = function(){}
    console.error = function(){}
    console.debug = function(){}
    console.warn = function(){}
}

Thanks “brucebannor” for advice.

Have fun :)
Garry Lachman

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  1. Adrian
    Posted November 26, 2012 at 4:31 pm | Permalink

    You’ve just saved my day !

    I was wondering why my HTML5 app worked fine on every platforms except WindowsPhone

    Thanks a lot, it did the trick;)

    Reply

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