I Keep getting HTTP 500. How do I effectively debug my app?

[eluser]djeetee[/eluser]
ok. let's build a debugger!!! great idea! but wait..... hope you're not thinking about writing it in PHP because we don't have a debugger for that ;-)

[eluser]kikz4life[/eluser]
@InsiteFX

wanted to try the phpDesigner but it has lifespan for only 21days. (T_T)..

[eluser]John_Betong[/eluser]
 
I was intrigued by your problems and cut and paste your code into a controller. The Browser displayed this screen:

http://www.graabr.com/l1V0ps/

I run Win7, Php 5.35 and Wamp 2.0.

I played about with the error_reporting and display errors and the same message appeared.

Code:

error_reporting(-1);
  ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);

 
 
 

[eluser]zechdc[/eluser]
Not sure I follow.

The code above is only part of a view in my application.

What is your question? Are you just trying to figure out why you got that error?

[eluser]John_Betong[/eluser]
[quote author="zechdc" date="1298585941"]Not sure I follow.

The code above is only part of a view in my application.

What is your question?

Are you just trying to figure out why you got that error?

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Your original post stated that due to a syntax error you were getting a Http://500 response code.

I inserted the script and got a very informative error message.

I should imagine that MAMP has similar features to WAMP and so maybe investigate how to setup your http://localhost/ so it produces warnings an errors.

[eluser]zechdc[/eluser]
Thank you for the advice. It turns out I had to turn on display errors in my php.ini configuration.

Full solution description:
<a href="http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/181022/#857208">http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/181022/#857208</a>

[eluser]John_Betong[/eluser]
It is not necessary to set display errors in the php.ini file they can be toggled using this code in your script

Code:

error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);

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As mentioned in the User Guide it is best to switch errors off to prevent Joe Public from seeing your errors, etc

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[eluser]zechdc[/eluser]
Ahh... I see what your saying now. Thanks for the advice. I will update my solution post to reflect your advice.