how to configure php to show errors

[phplearner2008]

Hi,

My browser does not report any errors. I have php5.0 and apache web server. How do I configure it to show errors in php script. I am a newbie.

 

Anyone who can explain in detail?

[peranha]

at the top of the php page put

 

error_reporting(E_ALL);

 

Or you can change it in the php.ini file.

[phplearner2008]

Should I include

error_reporting(E_ALL); in php.ini file? Is that all?

[xtopolis]

no, simply put it like this

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

//rest of your page script
?>

 

php.ini uses something like

ini_set "error_reporting" 1 <~-- I DONT KNOW THIS ONE, LOOK IT UP IF YOU USE IT

[wildteen88]

Should I include

error_reporting(E_ALL); in php.ini file? Is that all?

You also need to make sure display_errors is enabled too.

 

error_reporting and display_errors can be set both within the php.ini and/or during runtime (within your PHP script)

[etabetapi]

I enabled this for the first time today after manually setting up apache (that was fun.) One caveat, if you use control-f to find display_errors it's the second result that you want not the first. The first one will be commented out with a semicolon preceding it, the latter one is on line 392(?) and is not commented.