Posted by Rik on 08/02/07 04:51

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Doesn't the manual state display_errors shouldn't be enabled on producti=
on =

severs somewhere?

[For people reading this after some fix has been applied:]
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Well, it's a perfect illustration why this shouldn't be enabled on =

production servers, and why one has to allow for a somewhat graceful =

degrade if something fails (and one should check wether something fails)=


- Am I, as a visitor, in any way helped by this output? Far from it.
- Has my view of the website in question changed? Yes, to the negative.
- Would my view of the website been better if they had a nice error page=
=

stating 'they're sorry, something went wrong, we'll fix it a soon as =

possible, be sure to visit us in the near future'? Certainly, if I didn'=
t =

know it was an automated script I'd almost feel proud that I, a humble =

visitor, warranted their personal attention.
- Am I likely to visit it again? Well, for now I'll make an exception, a=
s =

a regular visitor I'll allow for some misconduct, don't push me to far =

though.

This concludes my waking moments in the very early morning....
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Rik Wasmus

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