How do I get PHP to tell me whats wrong?

[jsweet]

I'm new to PHP so I hope this is an easy question. Basically if I make a syntax error like leaving a ; of a statement or using an If statement with out an ending } I get a blank html page.

Instead I would like to get a PHP page that says there was some error on line (x). Is there a way I can turn this functionality on?

Thanks in advance

 

[jaxtell]

in your code, add

ini_set('display_errors',1);
error_reporting(E_ALL|E_STRICT);

I don't recommend this for public systems, as it could be a security problem.

you can also do this in your php.ini file

display_errors = On
error_reporting = E_ALL

Personally, I just check my error_log from apache.

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[vacunita]

For development machines, use the php.ini setting. As the in page settings will not get applied if you have a fatal error.





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[jsweet]

thank you both. this was exactly what I needed.