DEAR ABBY, you old goat:


Ever since I installed PHP 5 on my local PC web server, I can't get errors to show up as I write programs.

When I test a page, I get a server error 500 - instead of the error and line number.

The website cannot display the page

HTTP 500

Most likely causes:
The website is under maintenance.
The website has a programming error.

What you can try:
Re***** the page.

Go back to the previous page.

More information

This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying.

For more information about HTTP errors, see Help.
When I was using PHP4, the error and the line number would be displayed. Now it's next to impossible to find the line where it failed since it doesn't display it any more.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

I have always suspected that there was a massive, underground, intergalactic PHP conspiracy run by space aliens to drive me mad - and now I see it's all true!

I can't seem to find whatever "php.ini" settings will solve this problem. As far as I know, it's set to display ALL errors. But that's not what happens.

PHP 4 showed me exactly where the program failed - not anymore!

Any ideas ?




Frustrated in YadaYadaLand
I want my mommy!