[Balkee867]

It seems like a simple answer, but I just switched my host and now I don't get the default PHP errors that I got with my old host. Now when there's an error in my script the page displays blank, instead of the standard error notice. Even if I use or die("message"); it will still show blank. How can I fix this?

[Nico]

Try creating an .htaccess file with this:

Code:

php_value error_reporting 6135

Or try putting this at the top of your script.

PHP Code:

error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE); 

[mab]

Edit: basically says the same as above, however if you are getting a blank screen and none of your die(...) messages are output, it is likely you have a fatal parse error and you will only see these due to settings made in a .htaccess file (or checking your web server log for errors.)

You can put the following lines in a .htaccess file -

Code:

php_value display_errors On
php_value error_reporting 6143

Unfortunately, a .htaccess file does not have access to any of the PHP defined constants, like E_ALL, so you must use the corresponding value for the error reporting level you want to set.

[Balkee867]

I tried both and for some reason it still displays blank. Should the .htaccess file be in the same directory as the pages?

[mab]

A .htaccess file affects the current folder and any sub-folders that that folder contains (provided your hosting provider has not prevented you from making changes to any specific settings and that you are on an Apache web server.)

Some things to try -

Create a php file with a phpinfo() statement in it and browse to this file. Find/scroll till you find the settings for display_errors and error_reporting. If the "local" values match your .htaccess settings, then the .htaccess file worked.

Do any php scripts work or do they all give blank pages?

Are you using short open php tags <? or full opening php tags <?php

Browse to your web page and do a "view source" in your browser and see what might be there. If an error is output inside of some "open" tags (forms mainly) they won't necessarily be rendered by the browser, but they are visible in the source of the page in the browser.

Check your web server log for errors.

Post the code for one of your files that does not work so that someone here can see is there is something that stands out as being a problem.