Enabling the display of php errors in Opencart

Often when encountering problems in Opencart, users face error 500, Internal Service Error, or simply a "white screen" (empty browser screen), which makes it difficult to determine the cause of the problem. To obtain more detailed information about the errors that have occurred, it is necessary to enable their display. There are several ways to activate the output of errors in Opencart:

php_flag display_startup_errors on
php_flag display_errors on
php_flag html_errors on
php_flag output_buffering off

2) The php.ini file (at the end):

display_errors = On;
error_reporting = ~E_ALL;

3) The index.php file (after <?php):

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

After completing the debugging process and resolving the issue, do not forget to comment out or delete the added lines. This is important to prevent potential vulnerabilities and improve the security of your Opencart store.

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