PHP6 error reporting

Configuration directive changes in PHP 6

[coopster]

In my development configurations I have error_reporting [php.net] set to

E_ALL

, including

E_STRICT

. Up to this point it has always been in PHP >= 5 you have to be specific to get

E_STRICT

messages by adding it to the

E_ALL

messages already active:

error_reporting = E_ALL ¦ E_STRICT

Don't forget, the forum breaks the pipe symbol so you need to rekey that if you copy/paste. Also note, using the constant syntax is valid only in PHP, such as in the php.ini. You cannot use the constant syntax in the Apache configuration, such as httpd.conf. You have to use the integer bitmask instead.

So? Where is this going? Well, PHP6 has updated the bitmask representation of the error_reporting constants.

E_STRICT

became part of [php.net]

E_ALL

now.

E_ALL

used to be 2047, and now it is 6143 and

E_STRICT

has taken over the old "next available" bit field of 2048.

This is all fine, and works well in your test environment if you just set the integer to the highest integer like the manual recommends:

Note: PHP Constants outside of PHP Using PHP Constants outside of PHP, like in httpd.conf, will have no useful meaning so in such cases the integer [php.net] values are required. And since error levels will be added over time, the maximum value (for

E_ALL

) will likely change. So in place of

E_ALL

consider using a larger value to cover all bit fields from now and well into the future, a numeric value like 2147483647.

But if you are testing software (Wordpress for instance) that has

E_STRICT

errors in it, it helps to turn the reporting down under

E_STRICT

so you don't have to look at all the errors. Just put an entry in your Apache configuration (httpd.conf or .htaccess) with the following value and you are good to go.

php_value error_reporting 2047

[eelixduppy]

Thanks for that, coop. :)