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Contrary to most people's problem I cannot get PHP to stop showing errors, I have in my php.ini display_errors set to off but it still shows them, I have also tried .htaccess, and inline ini_set and error_reporting variables but the errors still show.

What can I do to prevent this overide?

Mac OS X Lion Server 10.7.1 MAMP Compiled using instructions from DIY Mac Server (diymacserver.com)

UPDATE:

This is where my php.ini file is stored...

This is where my php.ini is

This is the value of my display_errors setting at run time

This is the value of my display_errors

And this is the copy and paste value written in /etc/php.ini

display_errors = Off
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    Have you checked phpinfo() to make sure you're using the same php.ini that PHP is using (also, whether it says its on or off)?
    – DerfK
    Sep 2, 2011 at 23:55
  • I had not but I have now and it was correct, I changed short tags to on in there and that worked so it's working and reading the file, but its not adhering to the settings for error reporting.
    – unknowndomain
    Sep 3, 2011 at 11:30
  • I have added some more detail about my configuration
    – unknowndomain
    Sep 3, 2011 at 11:41
  • I have managed to figure out that its happening because my php.ini isn't being read although its in place, can anyone suggest what permissions would be correct for a Apache 2 install running as _www in the group _www (mac os x)
    – unknowndomain
    Sep 7, 2011 at 18:44

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make sure your editing the right php.ini file as there are two ini files, one for apache and one for CLI.

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  • Yes I am editing the right file, as I managed to enable short tags successfully.
    – unknowndomain
    Sep 3, 2011 at 11:31
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I came across similar behaviour recently and found out that the php.ini layout is quite confusing: listing of the default values etc. is at the top of the file while description of the setting and the setting itself are way further down. (see php 7 ignores ini files, but claims to load).

  1. It could well be that a later setting overrides yours. Browse or search the ini file for all occurences of "display_errors": grep -n display_errors/etc/php.ini
  2. What is the value of "Loaded Configuration File "?
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The display_errors directive can be altered at runtime with the ini_set function. Make sure that none of the code is turning error display back on.

Also, when you update php.ini settings, make sure to restart Apache.

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  • Indeed it can and I have tried that but it still shows errors...
    – unknowndomain
    Sep 3, 2011 at 11:31
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Do you have an auto_append_file= setting that is causing php to include code on every page that uses ini_set() to turn the display back on?

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It is worth bearing in mind that even if you don't display or log errors, they still have a big impact on throughput and performance.

The 3 most obvious causes are:

1) you are changing the wrong php.ini file (which you've already addressed).

2) the php.ini setting is over-ridden somewhere else - if this is mod_php then that could be in the httpd.conf files or .htaccess

3) you didn't restart the PHP process (httpd when we're talking about mod_php) after making the changes

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