RE: [PHP4BETA] Dont you love those error messages? :)

In php.ini it's like this: ; error_reporting is a bit-field. Add each number up to get desired error reporting level ; 1 = Normal errors ; 2 = Normal warnings ; 4 = Parser errors ; 8 = Notices - warnings you can ignore, but sometimes imply a bug error_reporting = 7 Isnt that high enough? > -----Original Message----- > From: Zeev Suraski [mailto:zeev@zend.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 22:17 > To: Sander Pilon; PHP4 > Subject: RE: [PHP4BETA] Dont you love those error messages? :) > > > The default is to show these messages. You may be overriding the > built-in > default with your php.ini. > > Zeev > > At 19:58 04/08/99 , Sander Pilon wrote: > >Shouldnt the default be that it shows serious errors like this? > > > >I mean, a *LOT* of people are going to spend a *LOT* of time trying to > >figure this one out if the page stays blank. > > > >I didnt change any settings, so I figured it'd show things like this. > > > >Sander > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Zeev Suraski [mailto:zeev@zend.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 20:53 > > > To: Sander Pilon; PHP4 > > > Subject: Re: [PHP4BETA] Dont you love those error messages? :) > > > > > > > > > You don't have your error reporting set high enough. > > > Note the difference between PHP 4.0 and 3.0 - in 3.0, the > script up until > > > the point where the function is redefined would get executed; In 4.0, > > > since compilation is performed, the error will be generated right > > > away, and > > > before a single line is executed! Yes, that means you can't use > > > error_reporting() to set the error reporting to a higher level if > > > the error > > > is a compile time error, since the error will occur before > > > error_reporting() gets called. > > > You must use .htaccess or equivalent to set the error > reporting to show > > > E_COMPILE_ERROR. > > > > > > Zeev > > > > > > At 17:11 04/08/99 , Sander Pilon wrote: > > > >Okay, > > > > > > > >The initial reason for getting the latest CVS was an error > where a script > > > >wouldnt include another script. > > > > > > > >The page just stayed blank. > > > > > > > >The new recompile didnt solve the problem, but I did find > what caused it. > > > > > > > >If an already declared function is declared again, no error > message is > > > >generated. > > > > > > > >A little script to demonstrate: > > > > > > > ><script language="php"> > > > > function foo() > > > > { > > > > echo "hello"; > > > > } > > > > > > > > function foo() > > > > { > > > > echo "hello"; > > > > } > > > > > > > > echo "check!"; > > > ></script> > > > > > > > >Should output an error, but instead the page stays blank. > > > > > > > >*POOF* 4 hours down the drain :) > > > > > > > >Sander > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >PHP 4 Beta > > > > > > -- > > > Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> > > > http://www.zend.com/ > > > For a PGP public key, finger bourbon@netvision.net.il > > > > > -- > Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/ > For a PGP public key, finger bourbon@netvision.net.il >