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PHP errors not displaying

Pureless
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While editing my web page i noticed that when i have a PHP error on the site, firefox simply does not attempt to open the page. Like, if im on yahoo, and type in the pages URL, it will start loading it then stop and stay on yahoo (for example). Ive loaded firefox via another user profile and tried it in chrome as well and the error displays as wanted. Ive turned off all addons and extensions in my default user profile and still get the same issue.

I know that simply creating a new user profile will fix the issue, however i have a LOT of saved passwords, bookmarks, ect that id rather not start over with. Anyone have any ideas of an option that blocks this?

While editing my web page i noticed that when i have a PHP error on the site, firefox simply does not attempt to open the page. Like, if im on yahoo, and type in the pages URL, it will start loading it then stop and stay on yahoo (for example). Ive loaded firefox via another user profile and tried it in chrome as well and the error displays as wanted. Ive turned off all addons and extensions in my default user profile and still get the same issue. I know that simply creating a new user profile will fix the issue, however i have a LOT of saved passwords, bookmarks, ect that id rather not start over with. Anyone have any ideas of an option that blocks this?

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cor-el
cor-el
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Try to reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.

  • Press and hold Shift and left-click the Reload button.
  • Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • Press "Command + Shift + R" (MAC)
Pureless
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I can't, the page doesn't load in order to refresh it. I mean literally won't load. Say im on yahoo.com homepage. i type in the address to the php file with an intentional error to test it. It will say its loading the page in the lower left corner as usual, but then stop and stay ON yahoo.com. Any attempt to refresh simply refreshes yahoo.com

Mutton_Jeff
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I have the same issue, but didn't know about the user profile thing. Are you talking about setting up a separate *Windows* user profile? Or is there a way to set up a different Firefox user profile? Thanks.

Mutton_Jeff
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OK, I got it to work.

I went to Help->Troubleshooting Information.

In the upper right corner, I clicked the Reset Firefox button.

When it came back up, the PHP error messages were finally being displayed from my test file. Some of the options (tab and toolbar settings, etc) were set back to defaults, but all my bookmarks were intact. Not sure about passwords and history, but I'd guess it's OK.

Good luck.