I added the following lines to the top of my script but still no error messages show up on the browser. When a php error occurs the entire page is still shown blank. Larry Garfield wrote: > > On Friday 05 October 2007, Paul Scott wrote: >> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 22:38 -0700, tbt wrote: >> > I'm a newbie to php and i would like to know a way of viewing runtime >> > errors on the browser. Currently when an error occurs nothing is >> > displayed on the browser. Is there any way of viewing all error >> messages >> > on the browser itself. >> >> You can up the error_reporting level in your php.ini, or you can simply >> put the following line at the top of your script: >> >> ini_set("error_reporting", "E_ALL"); >> >> or for an even stricter setting: >> >> ini_set("error_reporting", "E_STRICT"); >> >> --Paul > > You will also need to set: > > ini_set('display_errors', 'On'); > > Some web hosts set it Off by default for security reasons, but you > probably > want it on for development and testing. > > -- > Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 > larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 6817012 > > "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of > exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, > which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to > himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the > possession > of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- > Thomas > Jefferson > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/error-messages-tf4573258.html#a13054779 Sent from the PHP - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php