Wordpress won't allow PHP errors

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I have a site I am working on currently that uses Wordpress. However it makes it a bit difficult to debug because I cannot get PHP errors to display on the page. Instead I get the white screen of death.

I have tried adding the defines in the wp-config.php file and in the php.ini file to no avail. I also can't add the flags in the .htaccess because of the way the server handles apache/php.

One thing I noticed is that any page outside of Wordpress displays errors fine.

Any suggestions?

dotty · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-09 17:19:35Z

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Try adding ini_set("display_errors","2"); ERROR_REPORTING(E_ALL); to the index.php file.

answered Jul 9, 2011 at 17:19

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Scott C Wilson · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-09 17:17:22Z

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Can you get access to /var/log/httpd/error_log? If you're on Linux, this is (by default) where the errors would be shown.

answered Jul 9, 2011 at 17:17

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Jason Turner Over a year ago

Its hosted (privately) so I have no access to /var. Thanks

Scott C Wilson Over a year ago

OK, how about the error plugin? wordpress.org/extend/plugins/error-reporting

Paris Liakos Over a year ago

check your installation's root for error_log file or the plugin's root that causes the error..some servers are configured that way.

Jason Turner Over a year ago

@Scott, the error-reporting came a bit closer. I actually have errors but I'm still not getting the errors from the main problem. The problematic code is some utility functions file inside a subdirectory of wp-content

Vladimir Garagulya · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-10 02:27:36Z

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It is very useful for development WordPress installation set to true WP_DEBUG constant in wp-config.php file:

/**
* For developers: WordPress debugging mode.
*
* Change this to true to enable the display of notices during development.
* It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG
* in their development environments.
*/

define('WP_DEBUG', true);

You will see much more, including PHP noticing and WordPress messages about deprecating staff usage.

answered Jul 10, 2011 at 2:27

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Jason Turner Over a year ago

This is one of the first things we tried. Thank you though. I'm thinking something is conflicting.

Brad Larson · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-29 15:54:25Z

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on the .htaccess file in your root directory add the following line.

php_flag display_errors on

edited Jul 29, 2011 at 15:54

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