Tim Legg wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just spent way, way to much time trying to debug code due to a misnamed 
> element.  Here is a simplified example of the problem I dealt with.
> 
> 
>       $test = "SELECT * FROM `Materials` WHERE `Part_Number` = '125664'";
>       $result = mysql_query($test,$handle);
>       if(!$result)
>       {
>               die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
>       }
>       $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
>       echo $row['Number'];
> 
> After retyping the code 3 or 4 times over the course of the morning, I 
> finally found where the problem was.  The problem is that the database field 
> is called 'Part_Number', not 'Number'.  The field 'Number' does not exist in 
> the database.  I am very surprised that I didn't even get a warning that 
> there might be a problem with the statement.  All I saw is that nothing was 
> being returned via the echo command.
> 
> There really must be a stricter error checking that is turned on somewhere, 
> isn't there?
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
>       
> 

This would generate a E_NOTICE level "warning"

to see the errors of you ways you would need the following at the top of your
script, or set in your php.ini file or in a .htaccess file.


In script example:
<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

...

?>

.htaccess & php.ini example:

error_reporting = E_ALL
display_errors = On



The default setting in PHP

error_reporting  =  E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE
display_errors = On



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