[php] Turn off display errors using file "php.ini"

I am trying to turn off all errors on my website. I have followed different tutorials on how to do this, but I keep getting read and open error messages. Is there something I am missing?

I have tried the following in my php.ini file:

;Error display
display_startup_errors = Off
display_errors = Off
html_errors = Off
docref_root = 0
docref_ext = 0

For some reason when I do a fileopen() call for a file which does not exist, I still get the error displayed. This is not safe for a live website, for obvious reasons.

In file php.ini you should try this for all errors:

error_reporting = off

You can also use PHP's error_reporting();

// Disable it all for current call
error_reporting(0);

If you want to ignore errors from one function only, you can prepend a @ symbol.

@any_function(); // Errors are ignored

Turn if off:

You can use error_reporting(); or put an @ in front of your fileopen().

I usually use PHP's built in error handlers that can handle every possible error outside of syntax and still render a nice 'Down for maintenance' page otherwise:

Format PHP error on production server

In file php.ini you should try this for all errors:

display_errors = On

Location file is:

• Ubuntu 16.04:/etc/php/7.0/apache2
• CentOS 7:/etc/php.ini

Open your php.ini file (If you are using Linux - sudo vim /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini)

Add this lines into that file

   error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_WARNING 

(If you need to disabled any other errors -> error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_WARNING)

    display_errors = On

And finally you need to restart your APACHE server.

Let me quickly summarize this for reference:

• error_reporting() adapts the currently active setting for the default error handler.

• Editing the error reporting ini options also changes the defaults.

  • Here it's imperative to edit the correct php.ini version - it's typically /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini on modern servers, /etc/php5/mod_php/php.ini alternatively; while the CLI version has a distinct one.

  • Alternatively you can use depending on SAPI:

    • mod_php: .htaccess with php_flag options
    • FastCGI: commonly a local php.ini
    • And with PHP above 5.3 also a .user.ini
      
      

  • Restarting the webserver as usual.

If your code is unwieldy and somehow resets these options elsewhere at runtime, then an alternative and quick way is to define a custom error handler that just slurps all notices/warnings/errors up:

set_error_handler(function(){});

Again, this is not advisable, just an alternative.

It is not enough in case of PHP fpm. It was one more configuration file which can enable display_error. You should find www.conf. In my case it is in directory /etc/php/7.1/fpm/pool.d/

You should find php_flag[display_errors] = on and disable it, php_flag[display_errors] = off. This should solve the issue.

You should consider not displaying your error messages instead!

Set ini_set('display_errors', 'Off'); in your PHP code (or directly into your ini file if possible), and leave error_reporting on E_ALL or whatever kind of messages you would like to find in your logs.

This way you can handle errors later, while your users still don't see them.

Full example:

define('DEBUG', true);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

if (DEBUG)
{
    ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
}
else
{
    ini_set('display_errors', 'Off');
}

Or simply (same effect):

define('DEBUG', true);

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', DEBUG ? 'On' : 'Off');

In php.ini, comment out:

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE | E_STRICT
error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR|E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR|E_ER… _ERROR
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

By placing a ; ahead of it (i.e., like ;error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE)

For disabling in a single file, place error_reporting(0); after opening a php tag.

It's been quite some time and iam sure OP's answer is cleared. If any new user still looking for answer and scrolled this far, then here it is.

Check your updated information in php.ini file

Using Windows explorer:

C/xampp/php/php.ini

Using XAMPP Control Panel

1. Click the Config button for 'Apache' (Stop | Admin | Config | Logs)
2. Select PHP (php.ini)

Can i create my own phpinfo()? Yes you can

1. Create a phpinfo.php in your root directly or anywhere you want
2. Place this <?php phpinfo(); ?>
3. Save the file.
4. Open the file and you should see all the details.

How to set display_errors to Off in my own file without using php.ini

You can do this using ini_set() function. Read more about ini_set() here (https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php)

1. Go to your header.php or index.php
2. add this code ini_set('display_errors', FALSE);

To check the output without accessing php.ini file

$displayErrors = (ini_get('display_errors') == 1) ? 'On' : 'Off';
$PHPCore = array(
    'Display error' => $displayErrors
    // add other details for more output
);
foreach ($PHPCore as $key => $value) {
    echo "$key: $value";
}