I have a straightforward question about errors in general

[cluce]

if I have a code with this in it ........

 

        $auth = @mysqli_query($mysqli,$val)  or die(header("Location: error.html"));

 

and the error feature is turned off on the server would I still get a blank page if i have a syntax error in the code or will it redirect me to the error.html page.

 

[MadTechie]

have you even tried it?

 

also

change

$auth = @mysqli_query($mysqli,$val)  or die(header("Location: error.html"));

to

$auth = @mysqli_query($mysqli,$val)  or header("Location: error.html");

[cluce]

no, because we have someone else hosting the site and I never done that before(turn error checking off).

I am not asking if the code is correct that was posted previously.

 

My problem is I keep getting theses blank pages when I host the php pages through someone elses web server but when I host it locally they run fine??? He says he has php 5 installed same as me. and he insist its my syntax which I doubt it.  But I think it may be my connection string? not sure I am troubleshooting that right now. Unless someone else here thinks it can be something else?

[MadTechie]

this may help

<?php

// Turn off all error reporting
error_reporting(0);

// Report simple running errors
error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE);

// Reporting E_NOTICE can be good too (to report uninitialized
// variables or catch variable name misspellings ...)
error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_NOTICE);

// Report all errors except E_NOTICE
// This is the default value set in php.ini
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

// Report all PHP errors (bitwise 63 may be used in PHP 3)
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// Same as error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);

?> 

[wildteen88]

Regards of whether the error reporting is disabled PHP will call the or die statement if the function returns false.

[cluce]

Regards of whether the error reporting is disabled PHP will call the or die statement if the function returns false.

thast what I thought, thanks

[cluce]

this may help

<?php

// Turn off all error reporting
error_reporting(0);

// Report simple running errors
error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE);

// Reporting E_NOTICE can be good too (to report uninitialized
// variables or catch variable name misspellings ...)
error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_NOTICE);

// Report all errors except E_NOTICE
// This is the default value set in php.ini
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

// Report all PHP errors (bitwise 63 may be used in PHP 3)
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// Same as error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);

?> 

 

not usre, what to do with that code

[MadTechie]

OK, if you add

// Report all PHP errors (bitwise 63 may be used in PHP 3)
error_reporting(0);
ini_set('error_reporting', 0);

 

to the start of your code, your it should be the same as turning error_reporting off via the php.ini, just may help with some testing

[cluce]

OK, if you add

// Report all PHP errors (bitwise 63 may be used in PHP 3)
error_reporting(0);
ini_set('error_reporting', 0);

 

to the start of your code, your it should be the same as turning error_reporting off via the php.ini, just may help with some testing

OK thanks

[cluce]

would this type of connection string work on a linux hosting

 

//$mysqli = @mysqli_connect("server", "username", "password", "database") or die(header("Location: error.html"));

 

if not that may the problem becasue I am using windows to host Apache and the company is using Linux hosting

[wildteen88]

That will work fine, just make sure your host is using PHP5 and has the mysqli extension enabled (note, the i. The standard mysql library does not support mysqli_* functions). mysqli is for PHP5+ only.

 

You can check this using phpino();

 

Also I hope you haven't got  // at the begging of that line when you upload it to you host. As PHP will ignore that line as it'll see it as comment.

[cluce]

Yes, thanks for all the replies. I have the company hosting our websites looking into it.  As soon as I found out what the solution is I will post it.