Question

I have a problem with ini_set(‘display_errors’, ‘off’).

To quickly give you a run-through I have two files in the same folder:

1) “php.ini”, where “display_errors = on” is set.
2) “iniTest.php” which has the following code:

ini_set('display_errors', 'off');

$conn = mysql_connect('localhost','excamplehidden','examplehidden') or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR);
$db = mysql_select_db('examplehidden',$conn) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR);

mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `FakeTable`") OR die(mysql_error());

ini_set('display_errors', 'on');

When I run this page in a browser I still get:

“Table ‘examplehidden.FakeTable’ doesn’t exist”

Where I expect to get nothing because I want to hide errors.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

That error is from your die command. You cannot suppress a die by turning errors off, as you are explicitly echoing out the mysql_error to the screen before exiting.

You should use trigger_error in the same way as your mysql_select_db line above to remedy this:

mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `FakeTable`") OR trigger_error(mysql_error(), E_USER_ERROR);