How to see why a Smarty template fails silently?

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How to see why a Smarty template fails silently?

I'm using Smarty templates which call object methods. I've put the code on a new server, but it silently doesn't work correctly. The template is being output, but is cut off at a certain point, probably because of an error.

error_reporting is set to E_ALL. Even with $smarty->error_reporting = E_ALL and $smarty->debugging = TRUE, no error is displayed.

How can I see why the template is failing?

Check the PHP error log on your webserver usually stored in /var/log/apache/php.errors on a linux distro.

SleepyCod 2009-05-27 08:04:55

It's caused by a missing extension. Thanks!Although the mystery still remains. `display_errors` is on, so all PHP errors should display in the browser. But that doesn't happen inside the template, for some reason.

Zr40 2009-05-27 08:13:26

i hope this link help http://blog.movalog.com/a/troubleshooting-smarty-errors/

Haim Evgi 2009-05-27 08:11:16

I'm afraid that doesn't help. That page describes error messages you can get with Smarty, while my question is about invisible errors.

Zr40 2009-05-27 08:14:39

I'm guessing that the php.ini option for 'display_startup_errors' is off, therefore it fails silently on attempting to load the missing extension without displaying/logging anything.

It does default to off since php 4.0.3, too.

Thelious 2009-05-27 08:17:53

It's not actually trying to load the extension, it's just calling one of its functions. Which doesn't exist when the extension isn't loaded.

Zr40 2009-05-27 08:42:16

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