php errors

[dezkit]

how come my host doesn't show errors whenever i make a mistake in php?

For example,

 

<?php

$hi = "hi";

 

{{{{{{{{{{{

 

?>

 

 

instead of showing Unexptected "{" on Line 2134.

It shows a blank page

 

[serverman]

i think it only will show that if you install php with debug enabled (or you add the print error at the end of your script{i cant think of it now}) but on my xp test server its setup in debug but not on the Unix one.

[Lodius2000]

add

 

display_errors = 1

 

to php.ini in your cgi-bin folder

if php.ini doent exist, which it might not, create it with that code as its content

[dezkit]

i created a cgi-bin folder and and a php.ini file with display_errors = 1, still nothing....

[Lodius2000]

no in your web root you should have a folder called cgi-bin, that is where the file goes

 

EDIT:

 

there should be a bunch of files already inside cgi-bin

 

php-cgi

php5-cgi

test-cgi

...

 

some are pretty big, my php5-cgi is 21 megs

[dezkit]

i am not using one of those professional web hosts, i am using yahoo web hosting

[Lodius2000]

like geocities? or yahoo webhost

 

 

are you sure that you have php installed

 

run this

 

<?php

 

echo "hi";

 

?>

 

tell me the result

[dezkit]

hi

 

is the result.

[dezkit]

i just read on yahoo's faq, that all the errors go to logs/scripts.log

how do i make it so i can see the error on the scripts??

[Lodius2000]

try putting

 

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

 

inside your php tags at the top of the script where the errors are

 

see if that does it

 

 

EDIT:

 

checking out for the night, but that is all i know to suggest

 

good luck