#21007 [Opn->Csd]: html_errors off text-only output in phpinfo

ID: 21007 Updated by: helly@php.net Reported By: holliwell at gmx dot net -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: PHP options/info functions Operating System: all PHP Version: 4.3.0 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: helly New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-04 10:02:10] axel_kollmorgen at hotmail dot com having "html_errors" "off" causing phpinfo() outputting text-only doesn't make any sense to me, neither. i completely support philip@php.net: phpinfo() is not an error, so it shouldn't depend on "html_errors". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-29 23:56:01] philip@php.net Please explain why this is intended behavior, it does not make sense to me. html_errors is for html_errors, it's documented as such in php.ini: ; Disable the inclusion of HTML tags in error messages. ;html_errors = Off This says nothing about phpinfo() and IMHO it shouldn't affect it at all. The patch that resulted in this change is here: * add phpinfo() support for CLI. http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/php4/ext/standard/info.c?r1=1.193&r2=1.194 Why is html_errors being used in this way? When html_errors = off, errors remain readable when viewing in a browser but this textual version of phpinfo() == complete fubar in the browser (yes, one can use <pre>). One might turn html_errors off, for example, to use error_prepend_string/error_append_string in some way. Or they just don't want html in the errors... I don't see how this has anything to do with phpinfo() output. Why doesn't that patch instead check if sapi = cli? A person shouldn't be forced to have this textual phpinfo() if they decide to not include html in php generated errors. Please explain. phpinfo() is not an error! :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-14 15:17:42] philip@php.net Where? Put the information in this bug report. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-14 13:39:31] davidbulock at tech-center dot com I've submitted a note to document this behavior in the PHP Manual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-14 06:31:19] holliwell at gmx dot net If this is intended behaviour, this seems to be a doc problem, since I can't find anything about in the docs. Regards Friedhelm Betz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/21007 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21007&edit=1