Control whether PHP technical faults are visible to public visitors or hidden during active site maintenance.
If PHP errors are appearing on your website, you can control whether they are displayed to visitors through your PHP configurations in Plesk. For a production website, display_errors should normally be turned off so that sensitive technical infrastructure information isn’t exposed publicly. This guide shows you how to securely manage this setting via Plesk on your 1-grid hosting account.
Before You Begin
Before modifying your PHP runtime parameters in Plesk, ensure you have the following ready:
- Access to your 1-grid Client Portal
- An active 1-grid hosting account using Plesk
- Identification of the exact domain name you want to manage
💡 Tip: Turning off error display does not fix the underlying PHP code issue; it merely prevents raw errors from displaying publicly on your website.
Change Your PHP Error Display Setting
1. Open Your Domain in Plesk
Log in to your 1-grid Customer Zone and open your Plesk hosting dashboard. Under the Domains tab, locate your target domain name.
2. Open PHP Settings
Click on the PHP shortcut option mapped to your domain to load the configurable PHP directives available for your website container.
3. Find display_errors
Scroll down to locate the display_errors parameter field. Choose your required status:
- On: PHP errors output directly onto your public website pages.
⚠️ Recommendation: For live websites, keep this set to Off to protect server security details.
4. Save Your Changes
Click OK to save your configurations. Plesk applies the updated system states shortly after saving.
5. Check Your Website
Visit your live website to confirm that pages load smoothly and raw warning strings no longer print on the screen.
What Happens Next?
Disabling display_errors stops public output, but it does not deactivate background logging. Plesk handles tracking via separate directives like log_errors, enabling safe diagnostic tracking behind the scenes.
If You Can’t Change the Setting
Certain user subscription permissions restrict custom-level PHP configuration changes inside customer portals. If your display_errors field appears greyed out or inaccessible, contact 1-grid Support to update your subscription parameters.
You’re Ready!
You have successfully updated your Plesk error-reporting visibility settings. Keep production environments clean by maintaining an “Off” configuration baseline.
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Need Help?
If you still see code exceptions after saving your edits, contact us. Our support team is ready to help guide you. Have your domain name, PHP version, and relevant error screenshots ready for a faster response.