On 29 Oct2017, at 8:52 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > > > On Oct 28, 2017, at 20:04, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > >> Found the cause of the problem: a syntax error in config.inc.php. >> >> I found the error by cd to /opt/local/www/phpmyadmin and then executing php >> index.php. That gave the syntax error message. > > Sounds like you've configured php not to display errors in the web browser. > That's a good security practice and may even be the default setting these > days; you don't want an error message to reveal sensitive information about > your server to a public visitor. But if you want to temporarily change that > setting and display errors while working on a problem, you can edit your > php.ini. Or you could have consulted whatever file you've configured php to > log its errors to, or possibly your web server error log file.
Hmm… in php.ini (for php71, which is what’s being used AFAIK — it’s what “which php” shows) —I have: error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE display_errors = On display_startup_errors = On --- Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com 503 King Farm Blvd #101 Home (240)-246-7240 Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334
