Getting PHP Errors

[damon]

I'm a seasoned PHP developer just starting on CMSMS development.  One of my biggest gripes so far is the complete lack of error reporting.  I understand that end users don't need to see PHP errors, but I'd think that by setting $config['debug'] = true; I'd get php errors.  Instead the page dies silently and I'm forced to debug line by line. 

I'm sure I could pull apart the engine(s) and get errors out (perhaps change all the silenced @functions to functions), but I'm hoping there is an easier way.

[calguy1000]

in cms 1.2, display errors is turned on, and error reporting is set to E_ALL when debug mode is on.

[calguy1000]

and if you doubt that they are, you can always add the appropriate lines to config.php temporarily and turn it on yourself.

[damon]

Thanks calguy!  I'm using 1.1.4.1 (I didn't make the decision here); is there a way to do it there?

Also, I've tried adding error_reporting(E_ALL) a bunch of places, but to no avail.  Admittedly I'm too busy getting stuff done to really dive into how the system works.

Thanks for the quick reply all the same.

[calguy1000]

@ini_set('display_errors',1);
@error_reporting(E_ALL);

Add that into the config.php

Now, if you're still getting a blank page, then your server may not allow you to do an ini_set, in which case you'll have to look at your web control panel, or find some other way of getting the httpd errors.

[damon]

Beautiful!  I'd spaced out re-setting 'display_errors'.  D'oh!