I can't get php to repect its php.ini settings

PHP
1

I have altered the line in php.ini about the errors, by using display_errors = On.
Then I do a ‘sudo apachectl restart’ but when I run php_info() function again I see that the display_erorrs are still Off.
I am changing the /etc/php.ini that php_info() function shows as the configuration file path.
Any ideas?

2

Check if any additional ini files are loaded, “Scan this dir for additional .ini files” in phpinfo() output, the setting might be changed there. Also this setting is PHP_INI_ALL, which that value can be set anywhere. So, the next thing to check would be apache config and .htaccess file.

3

‘Scan this dir for aditional .ini files’ is (none).

4

Apart from other settings overriding your ini, as @ronalds; says, you also have to check your error_reporting level is set to show a low enough level of errors for them to be worthy of being shown at all.

Start on a single page like this:


<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors','On');

$arr = array();
echo $arr[1];

// should get you an "undefined offset" error

?>

Then uncomment the first 2 lines, check if there is an .htaccess file in this folder, or above it.

Then check your httpd.conf file carefully, especially for the VirtualHost directives for this site.