code to display error

[Fujiko]

Hi guys, just a newbie on php... my php page shows me a blank page and i can't figure out where the error is. Do you know what code i should put to display error? i surely forgot that one... thanks in advance

 

[MrBelfry]

If there is a php error it will display it by default. There is probably some error with your code whereby you are not outputting anything to the page.

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[sleipnir214]

I agree with MrBelfry -- it could very well be a logical error in your code.

I have a FAQ on debugging PHP: faq434-2999

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[wolf8769]

Actually, my guess is that you need to configure your php ini file to display errors. I recently setup an Apache hosting account with a hosting company and had this same problem. Whenever there was any kind of error in my code (which is like every other line!) I'd get a blank page in the browser -- no error message. I researched

http://www.php.net

and found helpful information that led me to the solution. I had to enable error reporting in my php.ini file, then restart Apache.

http://us2.php.net/error_reporting

Which led me to:

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php

However, ini_set didn't do the trick for me. Instead, I had to open the php.ini file in an editor and change this line from Off to On:

display_errors = On

Once this line was changed, I restarted Apache, and walla--errors displayed in the browser! Ah, life is good.