#32066 [Bgs]: display_errors=off also suppresses output from php -l

ID: 32066 User updated by: marcus at synchromedia dot co dot uk Reported By: marcus at synchromedia dot co dot uk Status: Bogus Bug Type: PHP options/info functions Operating System: RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 PHP Version: 5.0.3 New Comment: You say: > Error display ini setting affects all error reporting. That's just not true. It may be that the behaviour has changed in PHP5 (in which case it should be documented here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ ref.errorfunc.php#ini.display-errors), but in PHP4 having display_errors=off does NOT suppress error messages from php -l. It's very easy to reproduce in PHP4: The output from 'php -i|grep display_errors' is: display_errors => Off => Off and yet php -l on the example I gave produces: PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected ';' in test.php on line 2 Errors parsing test.php Under PHP5 it does NOT work this way - the behaviour HAS changed to the behaviour you said. If what you said is MEANT to be true, then this bug should be closed, rephrased as 'display_errors=off does not suppress output from php -l' and re-reported as a PHP4 bug - it's got to be a bug one way or the other. Personally I'd like php-l to ignore the display_errors setting, just as it does in PHP4, which is why I reported the discrepancy in the first place. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-23 19:32:55] iliaa@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Error display ini setting affects all error reporting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-22 16:07:50] marcus at synchromedia dot co dot uk Description: ------------ In php5, if php.ini contains a display_errors=off directive, it also suppresses error details from 'php -l' on a command line. I guess this could be a deliberate change in pHP5, but it is really not very helpful as php -l will only ever be run by developers. This is in contrast to php4, which always shows errors from php -l, even if display_errors is off. Reproduce code: --------------- execute this script (containing a deliberate error) using php -l on a command line with display_errors turned off <?php print trim('hello'; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Parse error: parse error, unexpected ';' in /home/ username/error.php on line 2 Actual result: -------------- no output is generated at all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32066&edit=1