Where does PHP store the error log? (php5, apache,

Question

I am on shared hosting and have Cpanel, Apache, PHP is run by fastcgi. Where does PHP store the error log?

Is there any other way I can find the error log on shared hosting environment instead of having to go through entire site structure to look for error_log files?

I have access to the php.ini (I am using PHP version 5.2.16).

Answer 1

How do find your PHP error log on Linux:

eric@dev /var $ sudo updatedb
[sudo] password for eric:
eric@dev /var $ sudo locate error_log

/var/log/httpd/error_log

Another equivalent way:

eric@dev /home/eric $ sudo find / -name "error_log" 2>/dev/null

/var/log/httpd/error_log

Answer 2

Linux

php --info | grep error 

The terminal will output the error log location.

Windows

php --info | findstr /r /c:"error_log"

The command prompt will output the error log location

To set the log location

Open your php.ini and add the following line:

error_log = /log/myCustomLog.log

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_{Thanks @chelmertez, @Boom for these (comments on the question).}

Answer 3

If You use php5-fpm log default should be under

/var/log/php5-fpm.log

Answer 4

It can also be /var/log/apache2/error.log if you are in google compute engine.

And you can view tail like this:

tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log

Answer 5

It appears that by default php does not log errors anywhere, the error_log key in php.ini is commented out in all the install's I've seen.

Generally I:

1. look for php.ini files. locate php.ini.

2. Search these files for the error_reporting value;

   Which should be set to whatever amalgamation of php log levels are enough for you.,

   Eg: E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT

3. Check the error_log value to make sure it points to an actual place and is not commented out.

   The default value doesn't give a full path, only a file name, I don't know where this path resolves to normally. Probably /var/log/.

Answer 6

1. you can go in File Manager check logs folder.
2. check Log file in public_html folder.
3. check "php phpinfo()" file where log store.