Re: html_errors default settings

hi, On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > They are not useful in production, but as distributions use the > "php.ini-production", even PHP developer that uses a distribution > package now doesn't use the "php.ini-development" settings. Hence, no > more HTML errors and people bitch. It looks to me like a distro bug or feature request, not a php issue. They should (and I remember having asked ubuntu to provide such option) ask the users which kind of environment they wish. > They "depend" by choice. Xdebug simply enhances how things show up, and > does not want to mess with the settings that people have already made, > as that's even a larger WTF point. > > The main points are that: > > 1. the default changed between 5.2 and 5.3, and I'd like to restore it > 2. html_errors shouldn't mean that the docref stuff is turned on >   automatically. The docref stuff is the annoying part, not the HTML >   formatting. HTML formatting in production is *not* a problem (you >   should have display_errors=0 anyway). > Main goal: make it easier for developers. That brings one question, what were the reasons to change that back then? And why is it a good thing to restore them now, besides xdebug? Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org