Enabling IIS 7.5 and PHP Errors on Windows 2008 Server R2

Microsoft Windows

This is a bit of a pain to enable, but you need to follow these steps to do it:

IIS PHP Manager

Open IIS Manager, click on the server node, then click on “PHP Manager” assuming you have installed PHP using the Web Platform Installer.

Now click on “Configure Error Reporting” link, set the type of PHP Error Reporting: “Development Machine”  and set the error log file to valid location, the default is normally good enough.

IIS Configuration Editor

system.WebServer/httpErrors

errorMode – “DetailedLocalOnly” Change To: “Detailed”

existingResponse – “Auto” Change To: “PassThrough”

PHP settings

display_errors = On

log_errors = On

error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT

Then restart IIS to commit the changes.

Workstation Settings

In your browser you may need to untick “Show friendly HTTP Error messages” under the Internet Options->Advanced tab.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2010/08/19/http-error-pages-in-internet-explorer.aspx

Tracing and Troubleshooting Failed Requests Using Tracing in IIS 7

http://www.iis.net/learn/troubleshoot/using-failed-request-tracing/troubleshooting-failed-requests-using-tracing-in-iis

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