Truning on error reporting

[cooldude832]

A friend of mine (seriously not me) has a server that they can't get to the php.ini to add error reporting (display errors is off) how can i get a temp solution on a page-page basis of error reporting???

[trq]

<?php

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

?>

[revraz]

If he puts a php.ini file in his webroot, it will use that instead of the webhost one.

[cooldude832]

I tried that revraz with what I wanted similar to a .htaccess mod no good.

[cooldude832]

<?php

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

?>

 

I did that right on the top of my page (pre any thing else)

and it still loads a blank page on an error

[trq]

If he puts a php.ini file in his webroot, it will use that instead of the webhost one.

 

That only works when php has been setup cgi, not as an apache module.

 

<?php

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

?>

 

I did that right on the top of my page (pre any thing else)

and it still loads a blank page on an error

 

There really is nothing more you can do. A note from the manual...

 

Note: Although display_errors may be set at runtime (with ini_set()), it won't have any affect if the script has fatal errors. This is because the desired runtime action does not get executed.

[cooldude832]

I know where its dying on, but of course I can't get the sql error back cause its being stupid, he actualyl got ahold of the site admin and they are trying to help.

[trq]

I know where its dying on, but of course I can't get the sql error back cause its being stupid

 

PHP doesn't think, therefor cannot be 'stupid'. Post your code.

 

l got ahold of the site admin and they are trying to help

 

The server admin shouldn't turn on display_errors as it will open the entire server up to problems. display_errors should be disabled on production servers, hence, you should test on another server where you have the ability to turn on error_reporting and display_errors without effecting others.