I tried to post this earlier, and I think I failed; sorry about the
double posting if I'm wrong...


Connect to server and select database all in one step=====
require('Code/metaconnectstring.php'); ||
\/
offending comment

When I use my home php/Apache local network I get the very nice error
message below: [php 4.2.7]

Parse error: parse error in /Users/xxx/Sites/theprogram.php on line 47


But on the network where the thing is supposed to run [php 5.2.?]
the same error produced nothing but a blank screen even though I had
error reporting set to E_ALL and error display on. [I have seen enough
other error messages and 'Notices' there to know that error reporting is on]
Is there yet another parameter that I need to set?

thanks, --thelma

thelma@uwm.edu wrote:
> I tried to post this earlier, and I think I failed; sorry about the
> double posting if I'm wrong...
>
>
> Connect to server and select database all in one step=====
> require('Code/metaconnectstring.php'); ||
> \/
> offending comment
>
> When I use my home php/Apache local network I get the very nice error
> message below: [php 4.2.7]
>
> Parse error: parse error in /Users/xxx/Sites/theprogram.php on line 47
>
>
> But on the network where the thing is supposed to run [php 5.2.?]
> the same error produced nothing but a blank screen even though I had
> error reporting set to E_ALL and error display on. [I have seen enough
> other error messages and 'Notices' there to know that error reporting is on]
> Is there yet another parameter that I need to set?
>
> thanks, --thelma
>
>

Ensure they are set in the php.ini file or .htaccess, and not in the
script itself with ini_set(), etc. Chances are the php.ini file does
NOT have these set - which is good for a production system.

What does phpinfo() show?

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