help needed pinpointing php errors

[beaglelady]

Hello,

I have just started learning php, but I have lots of experience in other scripting languages such as vbscript.

The problem I'm having is that very often when I run a php script it says "the system cannot find the file specified." I know the file is there, so I assume I have an error. It's very frustrating! How can I pinpoint what and where the error is?
Thanks very much!

[bruce]

weird.. what is the URL to the php script.

[beaglelady]

Hi,

Thanks for your response.

Here is the url of a script that is good:
http://www.beaglelady.com/testplus/demobad.php


Here is the url of a script with a bug (calls function that doesn't exist):
http://www.beaglelady.com/testplus/demobad.php

If there is any error at all, no matter what it is, I always get the response "The server cannot find the file specified"

Is php supposed to give you some kind of a clue as to what/where the error may be?

Thanks again

[bruce]

php should display the error to browser under normal circumstance.

Do you happen to have custom error enabled? Is the custom error pointing to the correct path?

[beaglelady]

I don't know about custom error. What should I do about it?

[beaglelady]

Bruce,

"custom error" was indeed the problem. I checked my control panel and blanked out the custom error fields and now I can see my php errors. (I don't remember putting anything into those fields so it must have been long ago)

Thanks very much for your help!

[bruce]

glad you got this resolved...