Temporarily enable PHP warnings

Overview

This article explains how to temporarily enable PHP warnings so they display in the panel or on a website.

Background

PHP warnings and deprecated notices are hidden by default, so error logs only show critical errors. However, you can temporarily enable these hidden warnings to allow further troubleshooting of a website.

Understanding the messages displayed

The following table provides information on error messages that appear after you enable PHP warnings.

Enabling PHP warnings

There are two ways to view PHP warnings.

• In the panel (read from your website's error.log file)
• Displayed on your website

Option 1 — Enable in the panel

This option temporarily enables PHP warnings in a website's error.log file. These errors can then be viewed in the panel.

1. Navigate to the Manage Websites page.
2. Click the Manage button to open Website settings, which allows you to modify various configurations for your site.
   • If in Grid view, click the Manage button at the bottom of the website box.
   • If in List view, click the Manage button at the far right of your domain name.
3. Click the Settings tab.
4. On the Web Options row, click the Modify button.
5. Click the toggle to the right of Temporarily Enable PHP Warnings to enable.

Option 2 — Enable on your website

This option displays the warnings on your site instead of in the panel. Add the following line to your phprc file using an FTP client or SSH:

display_errors = on

If any PHP errors are thrown, they will now display on your site.

See also

• Viewing your access and error logs via SFTP
• Contacting support overview
• Creating and editing a file via SSH