In response to Desmond Coughlan <coughlandesmond@yahoo.fr>:
> X-No-Archive: true
X-WTF: huh?
[snip]
> I copy that file to my apache server, in php_experimental/base.php
> and access it via a browser.
>
> I don't get an error message. I instead get a blank page.
Check the applicable php.ini for where error messages are being sent to.
It's typical on production servers to configure PHP to only send errors
to syslog, or a file, which usually means they end up in httpd-error.log.
When developing, it's usually more convenient to have errors sent to the
browser, which is what it seems you were expecting.
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Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.