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Originally Posted by Mark.B

You're now saying "warnings" when previously you said "errors". The very fact that you're interchanging two entirely unrelated terms proves that you don't really understand what that line of code does, or why we use it. I don't mean that nastily, I'm just stating facts.

The description by a number of your colleagues for the function of the SKIP_DS_ERRORS code string, including that from certain vB developers, has been that it "turns off the extra error reporting in php 5.3 & 5.4 (for strict & deprecated warnings)". The frequent use of this description -or others like it- demonstrates a common interchangeability of the two terms during discussion of said code string's function and purpose. Since even developers refer to the purpose of said code string as it "turns off the extra error reporting", I'm inclined to consider my reference to "hiding errors" as a completely appropriate statement. But even in view of this, I initially intended to type the word "warnings" instead of "errors"... I really did! And that's precisely why I used the term "warnings" instead of "errors" in my following reply. I think the mere fact that those two terms are interchanged on a frequent basis, even by software developers, tends to inspire some inadvertent interchangeability from many of us on occasion. And by the way, I've noticed that some developers even refer to said warnings as "less important errors". So in my opinion your focus on my semantical tendencies in order to try and belittle my qualification to comment has been uncalled for (at best).

As for the blanket file replacement troubleshooting measure, you've made your point. It makes sense and I agree with the reasons involved. Hence, I apologize for voicing my impulsive thought concerning the many times this step is suggested by vBulletin support folks. After all, as I've said, and as you've elaborated upon, it's not practical or time/cost efficient to identify corrupt files or code sections within a system when a direct blanket replacement of files is often able to solve the problems.