Question

I am trying to use NuSoap in PHP 5.3. When I debug my script in Eclipse I get a lot of Deprecated warnings but the script still runs, however when I call the script thru Apache on my localhost the script terminates without any explanation. I’m not really a web-head yet, and being somewhat of a noob at this, I am at a loss as to why it would work on the same machine while debugging, but not thru Apache. What are the possible causes that would make a script run in Eclipse, but not run when I call it from say the browser. Also, when the script fails outside of the debugger, does it spit out some kind of log or debugging data somewhere, and if so how could I locate that?

Answer 1

PHP has several directives that define the behaviour of error reporting. The most important ones are:

• error_reporting
• display_errors

The first one sets the severity of error reporting: you can tell PHP to warn on every possible issue, warn only on fatal errors, etc. The second one instructs PHP to display error messages on screen or not. This options are not hardcoded: they can be set on runtime.

See also log_errors.

As about how to change these options, you can always change them for the whole system if you have access to the main php.ini file. It’s also possible to change them in a per-site basis, but the exact mechanism depends on how PHP interacts with the web server. If it runs as Apache module (a common setup), you can use an .htaccess file.

You’ll find lots of info here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php