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Matt
Asked: 2010-06-27 06:16:18 +0800 CST

PHP not debugging/showing error messages

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I've just installed lighttpd, and I'm not seeing any error messages on pages when I know errors must have occurred. All I get is a blank page. However, I do get the errors in the error log file - but I really want to see them while I develop instead of going into the log.

Surely lighttpd isn't supposed to do this?

lighttpd php5 error-handling

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    In your php.ini, make sure you have:

    display_errors = On
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  2. You might need to tweak your php.ini file.

    The values you probably want to change are these:
    error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT
    display_errors = On
    display_startup_errors = On

    It's not recommended to set these values on a production server, just dev machines.

    If lighthttpd is like Apache, you'll also need to restart the service to pick up the new config changes.

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