Re: PHP shows nothing

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Bob McConnell <rvm@cbord.com> wrote: > From: Mohammad Taghi Khalifeh > > > Hi there, > > I have a package written in pure PHP, some .php files that refer to > others > > via require_once(''), > > but when I try to see package's contents via a browser, the pacakge > just > > shows nothing: a blank page. > > I've activated all log levels, and it seems that php doesn't encounter > any > > problem. > > I'm using PHP 5.3.3 and apache httpd 2.2. > > FYI, I'm new to PHP and this mailing list :) > > I would appreciate if someone could help me. > > One of the irregularities about require_once is that if there is a > syntax error anywhere in the chain, the interpreter simply exits without > emitting anything. If you have display errors turned off, you get > nothing at all. There may be clues in the Apache error log, but don't > depend on it. To debug, enable errors temporarily, or print some bread > crumbs at the start of each file. That should at least help identify how > far you get before it fails. > the files are so many, so I think tracking problem by printing some bread crumbs at the start of each file is not easy, something that might help is that I've turned on magic_quotes_gpc because of the package developer's suggestion. but I got this warning in both php log: "PHP Warning: Directive 'magic_quotes_gpc' is deprecated in PHP 5.3 and greater in Unknown on line 0" is this warning mean that 'magic_quotes_gpc' will not work properly? so whats the alternative? Bob McConnell >