PHP error reporting will not turn off

PHP error reporting will not turn off

Preface: I have already searched for previous answers to similar
questions, tried to implement suggested solutions, and my problem has
still not been resolved. Also, I do not need to be told to solve the
problem causing the error message as I have deliberately caused an error
to learn the ins and outs of changing the error reporting values in the
php.ini file, directly and indirectly.



I have tried to turn off error reporting directly in the php.ini file by
making display_errors=Off. Also, I have tried to switch it off indirectly
using error_reporting(0); and ini_set('error_reporting',0);
I still cannot get error reporting to switch off. If someone could help me
to identify why I cannot turn off error reporting, I would appreciate it.
Edit: I apologise for not being more specific. Can't believe I forgot to
say: I am working with XAMPP offline.



Here is the code causing the error (a semicolon is missing after the echo)
<?php
echo $var = 'Dave'
$var = 'John';
?>



@Chris Rasco: I'm not entirely sure what information you would like from
the phpinfo() page, but here's what seems to me (as a newbie) to be the
most relevant:
Configure Command cscript /nologo configure.js "--enable-snapshot-build"
"--disable-isapi" "--enable-debug-pack" "--without-mssql"
"--without-pdo-mssql" "--without-pi3web"
"--with-pdo-oci=C:\php-sdk\oracle\instantclient10\sdk,shared"
"--with-oci8=C:\php-sdk\oracle\instantclient10\sdk,shared"
"--with-oci8-11g=C:\php-sdk\oracle\instantclient11\sdk,shared"
"--enable-object-out-dir=../obj/" "--enable-com-dotnet=shared"
"--with-mcrypt=static" "--disable-static-analyze" "--with-pgo"
Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\Windows
Loaded Configuration File C:\xampp\php\php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files (none)
Additional .ini files parsed (none)



@Fred -ii-: yes, that is essentially what I am doing. I am trying to see
how to change how changing various parts of the php.ini file affects the
output in the browser.



Finally! I've fixed the problem. Thanks, guys!