PHP errors are not shown

Question

I've got an PHP file with an error in it, but I don't know where it is and there is no error reporting, but I enabled error reporting in php.ini and in the script.

Why can't I see the error?

Did you reboot your web-server? Try to run script from shell php also — Vitalii Zurian, Aug 05 '12 at 13:46
Check `display_errors` ini setting too, alongside of `error_reporting`. — complex857, Aug 05 '12 at 13:48
If it's a syntax error, then php -l .php from the command line should tell you where the error is — Mark Baker, Aug 05 '12 at 13:48
If it's a parsing error, then using `ini_set()` or `error_reporting()` won't help. Configure your `php.ini` or `.user.ini` or via `.htaccess` parameters. — mario, Aug 05 '12 at 13:54
possible duplicate of [Enabling error display in php via htaccess only](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6127980/enabling-error-display-in-php-via-htaccess-only) — mario, Aug 05 '12 at 13:55
Plenty of possible dups [here](http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=show+php+errors). — halfer, Aug 05 '12 at 14:01

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 05 '12 at 13:48

Make the first four lines of your page look like this:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', TRUE);

This will override your error echoing settings elsewhere so you can track down your problem. And of course, don't forget to do a phpinfo(); if you suspect there's a missing or misconfigured dependency.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '12 at 13:51

Try enabling errors in PHP:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', TRUE);

If you still don't see anything and you are using Linux and Apache try looking into /var/log/apache2/error.log you can see the live log tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log

PHP errors are not shown

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