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daniels
Asked: 2012-01-17 05:25:44 +0800 CST

PHP Error logging

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I have a CenOS server and i want to enable PHP error logging to a file. I have edited the php.ini file and set

error_log = /var/log/httpd/phperror.log

and also

log_errors = On

I've restarted the apache server with service httpd restart but still the /var/log/httpd/phperror.log does not get created and no errors are logged. Any idea why?

centos php apache-2.2

2 Answers

  1. You can do it by creating an empty file in dir /var/log/httpd/

    #touch /var/log/httpd/phperror.log

    After creating the empty file, restart the apache server and check it the log file updated with the error log.

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  2. It might be a better/easier idea to send the php errors to syslog. You won't have to worry about permission problems and the file should already be rotated.

    error_log = syslog

    Depending on your OS the errors should then go to /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog

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