PHP does not display error messages

Question

I installed XAMPP 1.7.4 (with PHP 5.3.5), the problem is PHP does not display any error messages. E.g. if I connect to MYSQL with mysql_connect() without parameters, PHP will not complain about the required fields.

Why is this?

How can I configure PHP to display errors?

Answer 1

To turn on errors at the script level, include at the top of your script:

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(~0);

Alternatively, if it is not a production site and simply a development / testing site, you can turn on error reporting in php.ini. Search it for these settings:

error_reporting  =  E_ALL
;error_reporting  =  E_ERROR
display_errors = On
;display_errors = Off

Answer 2

May be the display error is off

add in .htaccess file of your application.

php_value display_errors on

OR

use this at the top of your php script

ini_set('display_errors',"1");

Answer 3

To show error message on page over browser for php script use following code in top of your php file.

<?php 
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(~0);
?>

and there is another way to check php error code if you are linux ubuntu user execute following command on terminal.

NOTE : -10 is the number of message you want to show.

Answer 4

You can use following code in your program

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

Answer 5

It possibly did override your settings in the php.ini. Check the php.ini for error handling parameters and make sure they're switched on.

Happened to me a few weeks ago, too