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Answered blank/white screen on php errors

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    paulbohman Reply #1, 11 years, 11 months ago
    In one implementation of MODx that I have, it gives some PHP error feedback (e.g. syntax error, etc.), but in another implementation, it just gives a blank white screen with no feedback of any kind. I didn't set it up differently on purpose. How do I turn on the error reporting features of MODx? Or do I have a broken installation?

    I saw this thread from many years ago, but it was unclear to me how to apply it to MODx Revolution:

    https://forums.modx.com/index.php/topic,46049.msg271820.html

    Any insights?

    This question has been answered by markh. See the first response.

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      Mark Hamstra Reply #2, 11 years, 11 months ago
      It depends on how it's turned off, but often (not always) putting this in the top of the root index.php works great:

      <?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);


      On some servers they may also be logging php errors to a central error.log file (perhaps under a /var/log/ directory, or a logs directory above public_html) or have logs available from the control panel.
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        paulbohman Reply #3, 11 years, 11 months ago
        The solution below worked. Thank you. And I can put this in the php.ini file to achieve the same effect for the whole site. Thanks!

        Quote from: markh at Nov 13, 2014, 06:44 PM
        It depends on how it's turned off, but often (not always) putting this in the top of the root index.php works great:

        <!--?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);


        On some servers they may also be logging php errors to a central error.log file (perhaps under a /var/log/ directory, or a logs directory above public_html) or have logs available from the control panel. -->