Error reporting is one of the main tools of debugging. This video from the PHP with MySQL series explains how to ensure that error reporting is turned on by using the php.ini file or on the fly in your code. Using the php.net website you will learn how about the four main categories of warnings and errors: fatal, syntax, warning and notices. Lastly, the importance of reporting errors and checking error logs, as well as where to find them on Mac and Windows systems, is discussed.
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When we encounter an error in our code, more information that we have about that …error, the easier it's going to be to resolve it. …In this movie, we'll look at the Warnings and Errors that PHP generates and learn …how they can help you to resolve problems. …The first and most important thing is to make sure that error reporting is turned …on, we can't deal with our errors if we can't see them. …So we want to make sure that PHP is reporting errors as they happen to us, …when we're in development. There are two ways to do this. …The first is that we can set the error reporting in the php.ini file. …And we saw how to do that back in the configuration chapter.…
You just edit your php.ini file to have display errors on, error_reporting equal …to whatever settings we want to have for that. …And then, restart our web server so that it reloads that php.ini file. …We can also set the error reporting on the fly in our PHP code. …This is especially useful if we are working on a server where several people …
- What is PHP?
- Installing and configuring PHP and MySQL
- Exploring data types
- Controlling code with logical expressions and loops
- Using PHP's built-in functions
- Writing custom functions
- Building dynamic webpages
- Working with forms and form data
- Using cookies and sessions to store data
- Connecting to MySQL with PHP
- Creating and editing database records
- Building a content management system
- Adding user authentication
Skill Level Beginner
PHP with MySQL Beyond the Basicswith Kevin Skoglund10h 26m Intermediate
1. PHP Overview
2. Mac Installation
3. Windows Installation
4. First Steps
5. Exploring Data Types
6. Control Structures: Logical Expressions
7. Control Structures: Loops
8. User-Defined Functions
10. Building Web Pages with PHP
11. Working with Forms and Form Data
12. Working with Cookies and Sessions
13. MySQL Basics
14. Using PHP to Access MySQL
15. Building a Content Management System (CMS)
16. Using Site Navigation to Choose Content
17. Application CRUD
18. Building the Public Area
19. Regulating Page Access
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