php problem with IE

So, I'm very new to PHP, however; when I try to run a script in IE (calling localhost/test.php) and there is an error in the script, the page loads blank, and I get no error message (not from IE or Apache). I've found that Apache is logging the errors in a .txt file, but the other people that I have talked to say that an error message appears on screen. Anyone have an idea of why my errors aren't showing up and how to get them to?
Any help will be extrememly appreciated. Thanks all.

Stu

Welcome to the forums Stu! I hope you'll have a pleasant stay here. Don't forget to read the forumrules, you can find them here

Regarding your question:
Do you have a link for a livetest?
It is useful to post your code here so maybe we can see the fault immediately.

Cheers,

I don't have a link to a livetest. Even if I know the error in the code, is there a way to get apache to print an error statement to the screen when a script is called that has an error?
(Even basic syntax errors)
In the error text file things come up as:

[Thu Apr 22 14:55:09 2004] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in c:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\htdocs\freight.php on line 12

But the screen in explorer is just a blank, white screen with no error message.

Stu

For anyone who is interested, I found the error. In the php.ini file, there is a line for display_errors. It is supposed to default to on, but for some reason in my file it was off. Easy fix, and all is well.

Stu