php - force error reporting on

squibs

I'm developing a solution on shared hosting with error reposting set off in php.ini. I was under the impression that

error_reporting(E_ALL);

at the top of my php code would force reporting on for the current script. What I'm getting back is partial html, where the script aborts for parsing errors. I can sort it out with judicious use of echo commands but it's a pain.

I did see this user comment in php manual

On a shared debugging and production server it is convenient to use
<?php error_reporting(E_ALL); ?>
for debugging.

This will not help in case of parsing errors, so make sure you enable at least E_PARSE in your php.ini. Parse errors should not exist in production scripts.

but it doesn't suggest a solution where you have no access to php.ini.

seamus

It is a pain...

The problem is that the parse phase takes place before the interpretation, so the error_reporting() directive hasn't yet been read, and so it doesn't make a difference what you put in there. error_reporting() is a runtime directive.

Seeing as you're talking about php.ini, I'm assuming that it's a Windows box. Which is a pity because if you had a Linux box, you could use the .htaccess file to set the error_reporting directive;

php_value error_reporting 4

Aside from that, perhaps you could ask the host to enable E_PARSE on the box. As your quote says, Parse errors shouldn't really exist in production scripts, so it shouldn't be a problem turning that on.

squibs

Thanks for the explanation. It makes perfect sense now I think about it. I am on a linux box, so htaccess may be an option.