Php – Ubuntu PHP5/Apache2 – Displaying 500 error instead of error message

apache-2.2httphttpd.confPHPphp5

The following script is not outputting error messages to the browser. Instead it results in an HTTP Error 500 response.

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 'On');

phpinfo();

echo "test" asdf // This should error
?>

Ideas? This is a basic php5/apache2 install on ubuntu. httpd.conf is blank, no .htaccess file.

The error.log file displays the error message:

syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';'

which is correct.

Best Answer

If the script has a parse error that prevents it from running, this also prevents it from changing a PHP setting.

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