[FX.php List] PHP Notices OK?

Wed Dec 12 11:20:37 MST 2007

If you don't have a separate server for testing php (like us), this would seem like it's the way to go.

-----Original Message-----
From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Dale Bengston
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:17 PM
To: FX.php Discussion List
Subject: Re: [FX.php List] PHP Notices OK?

If you choose to suppress rather than fix, you can do it on a page-by- 
page basis with:

ini_set('display_errors','Off');

...and not leave it up to the client's PHP.ini settings.

Dale

On Dec 12, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Steve Winter wrote:

> Jonathan,
>
> As you know time is money, if the money he paid justifies the time,  
> then
> perhaps it would be best to say 'hey, I'll fix it'... if not, and he  
> wasn't
> kicking and screaming about having to change his php.ini file, then  
> perhaps
> 'let sleeping dogs lie' (I'm full of little clichés today aren't I ;-)
>
> For future projects, make sure notices are turned on on your testing  
> server,
> then you can work through them as you go... pretty soon you'll come  
> to know
> instinctively what will cause them, and the method to use to prevent  
> them
> from occurring and it'll take no more time than if you just let it  
> be...
>
> Inflation has struck, that little gem's worth 2 Yuan...
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan  
> Schwartz
> Sent: 12 December 2007 17:38
> To: Roger Price; FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] PHP Notices OK?
>
> Roger,
>
> Thanks for the perspective.
>
> Here's why I am asking the question today.  I just provided a modest
> solution to a third party, instructing him to turn off Notices to
> stop the reporting.  I'm just trying to figure out if making that
> request is a reasonable and/or professional request or, it's like
> turning the lights down real low in a restaurant with dirty
> silverware. ;-)
>
> If there is any question, I will take the code back and work thru the
> error corrections.
>
> So what's the vote tally now?   Only ggt says its OK?
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> At 5:07 PM +0000 12/12/07, Roger Price wrote:
>> Jonathan
>>
>> I fell 'foul' of undefined variable notices a few weeks ago when I
>> was given a right earhole bashing by my University hostmaster.
>>
>> PHP takes these in its stride but the reporting feature was switched
>> on. I use many include files (some nested and on evey page), so
>> adding another include file called 'define.php', which check every
>> variable that appears in the log and if undefined sets it to zero or
>> null - whatever is appropriate. This does not appear to degrade the
>> performance of the pages too much and keeps the hostmaster happy.
>> However given the choice I would just turn 'notices' off but that is
>> not an option for me!
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Schwartz"
> <jschwartz at exit445.com>
>> To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:39 PM
>> Subject: RE: [FX.php List] PHP Notices OK?
>>
>>> OK. That's fair.
>>>
>>> To be honest, I never knew about these things since I have
>>> developed on my own server and Notices are turned off....until now.
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> One step further...my notices appear to be of the Undefined
>>> Variable type. I did see your suggestion from last week, to add in
>>> if(isset($variable)) rather than "surprise" PHP when an undeclared
>>> variable appears.  Is another alternative to simply declare the
>>> variable at the top of he page? If so, how is that best done?
>>>
>>> Thx
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>> At 4:15 PM +0000 12/12/07, Steve Winter wrote:
>>>> Hi Jonathan,
>>>>
>>>> Well I guess that one is rather 'up to the conscience of the  
>>>> individual
>>>> church goer' ;-)
>>>>
>>>> For me, personally, no, it's not acceptable, as it means that  
>>>> something
>>>> isn't 100% correct, which means you can't be 100% sure that when  
>>>> it runs
> on
>>>> a client server, or you move it from one server to another, that  
>>>> it will
>>>> still behave correctly...
>>>>
>>>> My staging server has every level of error reporting possible  
>>>> turned on,
> and
>>>> when that gives no messages, notices, errors, or unexpected  
>>>> twitches,
> then I
>>>> feel reasonably sure that my code will run at the very least, on  
>>>> similar
>>>> versions of PHP, if not on all...
>>>>
>>>> My 2p worth...
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
>>>> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Schwartz
>>>> Sent: 12 December 2007 16:05
>>>> To: FX.php Discussion List
>>>> Subject: [FX.php List] PHP Notices OK?
>>>>
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Is it acceptable for a solution to produce NOTICES (for undefined
>>>> variables) and then essentially hide them by turning off
>>>> error_reporting NOTICES?
>>>>
>>>> Or at minimum, should the solution run clean without notices?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thx
>>>> --
>>>> Jonathan Schwartz
>>>> Exit 445 Group
>>>> jonathan at exit445.com
>>>> http://www.exit445.com
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