title: EC2 Caching Code and Server Error 500
body: <p>I started to mess around with the EC2 “Micro Instance” for a new site i’m working on.  I put on an ubuntu lamp server and loaded up our favorite php framework and started along the coding path.</p>
  
  <p>One frustrating thing i’m finding is whenever I make a mistake coding (which is rare!   j/k), it gives my a “Server Error 500”  and won’t display the php error line number or the helpful references to where the mistake might have happened.</p>
  
  <p>Also when ever an error does appear and I try to fix the mistake it will remain the same for a couple of minutes.  Its like its caching on my system or something.  If I do something like this :</p>
  
  <p>echo "test" //leaving off the semicolon 
  refresh the browser it comes up with the error.  Then when I fix it:</p>
  
  <p>echo "foo"; //corrected 
  I still get the Server Error 500.  Not sure if anyone else has run in to these issues.  Maybe its a php.ini configuration, .htaccess configuration (i’m using Paul Irish’s HTML5Boilerplate .htaccess code), or a LAMP configuration issue.  Any pointers to where the problem might lie would be a huge help.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!  Steve</p>