Blank page instead of error reporting

[DavidR]

It's been a while since I worked with osC but I'm getting back in the groove. I'm using the latest 2.2 and I've noticed that php errors are not being reported to the page, but instead I get a total blank -- no source no nothing. For instance, I made an error installing an add-on by forgetting to add a comment delimiter "//" and when I tried to access the Admin section, I got a blank page. This makes it very hard to debug. Error reporting in application_top.php looks the same as always,

 

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

 

I know I can look at the error log, but working on the initial configuration is much faster when the error reports to the browser. I'm on PHP 5.3x if that makes a difference. Is there a basic setting somewhere I am missing? Thanks for any help, this is making it harder to catch up :huh:

[chadcloman]

I ran into this problem and found out that it's controlled by a PHP configuration directive: display_errors. If you don't want to change it in php.ini, you change it via .htaccess like so:

 

php_flag display_errors on

As I understand it, however, you may want to enable it when debugging and then turn it off for production use.

 

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[DavidR]

you may want to enable it when debugging and then turn it off for production use.

 

Exacty. While working on the site it saves a lot of time to just see the error right away, but I can see why hiding the bits those errors can disclose is best in daily use. Thanks for your help, I'll change that tomorrow!

 

FYI, I also thought about looking into this add-on by FWR: http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/7217

[FIMBLE]

if its only the one page you want to look at add this to the top of the file you are working on

 

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

 

Nic