<?php

// file name: checkerrors.php

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set("display_errors", 1); 
include('file_with_errors.php');

Allows you to still view PHP parse errors, even if you don't have write access to your php.ini file. Since PHP pages are parsed before being executed, parse errors won't show up even if you turn on display_errors in the page you are checking.

View PHP Parse Errors

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