Question

Lets say I have some code:

  <?php
  echo "Hello Everybody!";
  echo "<br/>" ;
  $var1 = 23 ;  
  var_dump($var1)   ;

  $str = <<<HERE

  some random text
  more random strings

  HERE;

  echo $str ;
?>

Now running this as index.php on localhost , gives a blank page. Thats probably because there is some error in the code. Now is there something(editor,compiler,whatever) that will tell me exactly where and what my error is ?

Currently I use one of those portable servers (XAMP , netserver,uniserver) to run my php pages, which works good , but it doesn’t tell me what errors are there in my code.

Thanks

Answer 1

The tool you should use for this is PHP.

Make sure error_reporting is set to something high, such as E_STRICT:

In PHP 5 a new error level E_STRICT is available. As E_STRICT is not included within E_ALL you have to explicitly enable this kind of error level. Enabling E_STRICT during development has some benefits. STRICT messages will help you to use the latest and greatest suggested method of coding, for example warn you about using deprecated functions.