adding the "getLastError" method to get the last reported error on the data source

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/Psecio/Gatekeeper/DataSource.php b/src/Psecio/Gatekeeper/DataSource.php
index 8b57a8e..3ddd1b3 100644
--- a/src/Psecio/Gatekeeper/DataSource.php
+++ b/src/Psecio/Gatekeeper/DataSource.php
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ abstract class DataSource
     public $config = array();
 
     /**
+     * Last error from a datasource request
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public $lastError = '';
+
+    /**
      * Init the object and set the configuration
      * @param array $config Configuration settings
      */
diff --git a/src/Psecio/Gatekeeper/Gatekeeper.php b/src/Psecio/Gatekeeper/Gatekeeper.php
index 31e638a..10c2b84 100644
--- a/src/Psecio/Gatekeeper/Gatekeeper.php
+++ b/src/Psecio/Gatekeeper/Gatekeeper.php
@@ -204,6 +204,16 @@ class Gatekeeper
     }
 
     /**
+     * Get the last error message from the current datasource
+     *
+     * @return string Error message (or empty string)
+     */
+    public static function getLastError()
+    {
+        return self::getDatasource()->lastError;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Get the current list of restrictions
      *
      * @return array Set of restrictions