error_reporting not work correctly to show fatal errors

Question

i have a page simply like this:

error_reporting(-1);
require('test.txt');

i know that test.txt not exists .i want to try error_reporting() function. in this case that we pass number -1 to function all error reported correctly like this:

Warning: require(test.txt) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\PHP_Class\session_5\errors.php on line 11
Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'test.txt' (include_path='.;C:\php\pear') in C:\wamp\www\PHP_Class\session_5\errors.php on line 11  

and when we pass number 2 to function like error_reporting(2) only E_WARNING error reported and this is correct too:

Warning: require(test.txt) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\PHP_Class\session_5\errors.php on line 11  

but when i pass number 1 to function like error_reporting(1) for report E_ERROR errors only , no error display. what is problem? please tell me

Answer 1

I think require doesn't throw an E_ERROR but an E_COMPILE_ERROR.
So please try it with error_reporting(E_COMPILE_ERROR);

Answer 2

how about this

error_reporting (E_ALL & ~E_WARNING & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED) ;

this should give you all the errors you require

UPDATE

chk this url

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.require.php

it says

include except upon failure it will also produce a fatal E_COMPILE_ERROR level error.

so this code will always give the compile error.... And the config above will be best suited for you production env..