Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/25/06 10:51

Pedro Graca wrote:
> Edo wrote:
>
>>I will try to program php/sql forum for the software engineering project at
>>University.
>>Can you tell me something useful about programming such thing as a forum, or
>>give me some tips how to start, design patterns, links, source codes,
>>books...? Anything will help...
>
>
> Use
>
> error_reporting(E_ALL);
> ini_set('display_errors', '1');
>
> at the very top of *all* your scripts, right after the first <?php tag.
> When the script produces no warnings or notices, you won't even need to
> remove those lines :)
>

You should NEVER leave these lines in on a production server. Should
something untoward happen (i.e. database crash), the error messages can
easily expose information you don't wish to be public.

Additionally, I can always tell a sloppy programmer when I get default
messages like this. Good programmers detect and handle errors,
providing meaningful messages to users.

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