[Curiosity] Errors in the bible.... an illustration.
am 02.08.2007 06:51:25 von luiheidsgoeroe
Doesn't the manual state display_errors shouldn't be enabled on producti=
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severs somewhere?
[For people reading this after some fix has been applied:]
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Well, it's a perfect illustration why this shouldn't be enabled on =
production servers, and why one has to allow for a somewhat graceful =
degrade if something fails (and one should check wether something fails)=
- Am I, as a visitor, in any way helped by this output? Far from it.
- Has my view of the website in question changed? Yes, to the negative.
- Would my view of the website been better if they had a nice error page=
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stating 'they're sorry, something went wrong, we'll fix it a soon as =
possible, be sure to visit us in the near future'? Certainly, if I didn'=
t =
know it was an automated script I'd almost feel proud that I, a humble =
visitor, warranted their personal attention.
- Am I likely to visit it again? Well, for now I'll make an exception, a=
s =
a regular visitor I'll allow for some misconduct, don't push me to far =
though.
This concludes my waking moments in the very early morning....
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Rik Wasmus