PHP problem - nothing is showing

[betrollwin.com]

http://pastebin.ca/392649

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I've been trying stuff for a good hour, cant figure anything out.

[php_daemon]

You've a syntax error and error reporting turned off. The error is missing closing parenthesis here:

if(isset($_COOKIE['join'])){ 

[betrollwin.com]

Thanks, got past that but its still not completely working...

How do I turn on error reporting?

[Raffles]

error_reporting(2039);

The number means what level you want it at. Look it up.

Once it's on PHP should tell you what line the error is on.

[betrollwin.com]

error_reporting(2039);

The number means what level you want it at. Look it up.

Once it's on PHP should tell you what line the error is on.

Made a simple php error page to see if this works and it doesnt

<?php
error_reporting(6143);
$hide = 1;
if($hide == 1){
echo "error";
echo "error2";

?>

Page comes up empty.

http://pastebin.ca/392696 <------ updated notes

[wyte raven]

Of course it doesn't, you don't have a closing brace for your if clause.

[betrollwin.com]

Of course it doesn't, you don't have a closing brace for your if clause.

have you read any of the previous post?

[-tcwd-]

http://pastebin.ca/392696 <------ updated notes

you can't have the

echo "passes";

on line 61. You cannot parse anything in between an elseif { } and else { statement.

[Tarh]

In your php.ini file, find the line that includes "error_reporting", and change it to "error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT".

Just below, change the "display_errors" line to "display_errors = On".

This assumes that you are using your own server, and not renting hosting. If that is the case, you may be able to achieve the same result using Apache's .htaccess file.

Never do this on a publicly accessible server!

[Bill Palmer]

If you ARE on a public server and don't have php.ini access, just go to http://whatismyip.com and add this to the top of the page:

if($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "put your ip address here") {
        error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
} 

Easy enough.

[wyte raven]

Made a simple php error page to see if this works and it doesnt

<?php
error_reporting(6143);
$hide = 1;
if($hide == 1){
echo "error";
echo "error2";

?>

Page comes up empty.

http://pastebin.ca/392696 <------ updated notes

You said this piece of code doesn't display anything, it won't because you don't have a closing brace. I did read the rest of your post but was unable to figure out your problem. But was able to figure out why this simple piece of code wouldn't display anything.

[-tcwd-]

You said this piece of code doesn't display anything, it won't because you don't have a closing brace. I did read the rest of your post but was unable to figure out your problem. But was able to figure out why this simple piece of code wouldn't display anything.

He is using that piece of code to test his error_reporting();.. if it works, a Fatal Error would be displayed.. but according to him, nothing is outputted.

[simplecode]

error_reporting(E_ALL);

[mudshark]

By the way: you don't need a custom sentenceCase() function, look up ucwords in the manual.

[betrollwin.com]

In your php.ini file, find the line that includes "error_reporting", and change it to "error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT".

Just below, change the "display_errors" line to "display_errors = On".

This assumes that you are using your own server, and not renting hosting. If that is the case, you may be able to achieve the same result using Apache's .htaccess file.

Never do this on a publicly accessible server!

Not my server, on a host. Had it on for a while, then they went down and came back up and low and behold, no error reporting

If you ARE on a public server and don't have php.ini access, just go to http://whatismyip.com and add this to the top of the page:

if($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "put your ip address here") {
        error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
} 

Easy enough.

Tried it, still shows up blank when there is an error.

He is using that piece of code to test his error_reporting();.. if it works, a Fatal Error would be displayed.. but according to him, nothing is outputted.

Correct

error_reporting(E_ALL);

Tried it. no cigar

By the way: you don't need a custom sentenceCase() function, look up ucwords in the manual.

Will look into it, seems a lot easier than the function.

Still can't find that damn error

EDIT 2 SECONDS LATER: found the problem, had two else statements D'oh!

[Mandes]

The problem with your main script was found by tcwd way back in post8.

Your lines

        }elseif(!preg_match($regexp, $email)){
                echo("Your email seems to be incorrect!");
        }
echo "passes";
else{ 

need to be changed to

        }elseif(!preg_match($regexp, $email)){
                echo("Your email seems to be incorrect!");
        }else{ 

you cannot have the echo statement between the closing bracket and the else statement.

[Tarh]

The problem is that the sample error you posted is a compile-time error, so the script errors out before the call to turn on error reporting ever occurs.

This may not be the optimal solution, but I've used this to find compile-time errors like this on a server with error reporting off.

If I'm testing index.php, and need to view it with error reporting on, I create a file called index.debug.php, and fill it with this:

<?php
if($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "put your ip address here") {
        error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
        ini_set('display_errors','On');
        require_once('index.php');
}
?>

This will turn error reporting on, and then include the file to debug. That way, even compile-time errors will be displayed. Of course, you may want to tweak this to accept the page to load in the query string. If that is the case, make sure that only you have access to this, or you may risk your entire server. Especially make sure that you have set your open_basedir if you decide to do such a thing.

[Bill Palmer]

Tarh, that's a great idea.

[betrollwin.com]

The problem is that the sample error you posted is a compile-time error, so the script errors out before the call to turn on error reporting ever occurs.

This may not be the optimal solution, but I've used this to find compile-time errors like this on a server with error reporting off.

If I'm testing index.php, and need to view it with error reporting on, I create a file called index.debug.php, and fill it with this:

<?php
if($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "put your ip address here") {
        error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
        ini_set('display_errors','On');
        require_once('index.php');
}
?>

This will turn error reporting on, and then include the file to debug. That way, even compile-time errors will be displayed. Of course, you may want to tweak this to accept the page to load in the query string. If that is the case, make sure that only you have access to this, or you may risk your entire server. Especially make sure that you have set your open_basedir if you decide to do such a thing.

We've got a winner. Thanks to all.