[FX.php List] PHP question

[Glenn Singleton]

With error reporting, the line number reported never seems to be even close.
Anyone know how that works ? Does it count comment lines for example ? 

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[mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
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Subject: Re: [FX.php List] PHP question

I don't use a development server though; I can turn error_reporting on for
any page, can't I?

BP


On Jul 3, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Head Honcho wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> On 04/07/2008, at 5:46 AM, Bob Patin wrote:
>
>> I'm using PHP 5, and am wondering if there is a syntax error- 
>> reporting setting that I can change so that my silly syntax errors 
>> could be reported. Just now, for example, I left off a semicolon, and 
>> the page reload just showed nothingness.
>>
>> Is there a way for me to get some feedback for these sorts of things? 
>> I seem to recall that I used to get them in PHP4, but I could be 
>> fogbound...
>
> I use PHP's error checking in the php.ini.
>
> These are my settings:
>
> ; Examples:
> ;
> ;   - Show all errors, except for notices and coding standards  
> warnings
> ;
> error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE
> ;
> ;   - Show all errors, except for notices
> ;
> ;error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE | E_STRICT ;
> ;   - Show only errors
> ;
> ;error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR|E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR|E_ERROR|
> E_CORE_ERROR
> ;
> ;   - Show all errors, except coding standards warnings
> ;
> ;error_reporting  =  E_ALL
>
> This throws syntax errors such as those you're trying to trap.  It 
> will tell you the error, and the line it is on.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael Ward
> --