Error Log In Php.ini
March 28, 2016 in Apache, Howto, lighttpd, Linux, php, Security, UNIXPHP offers simple but effective solution to log all errors to a log fiie. On all production web server you must turn off displaying error to end users via a web browser. Remember PHP gives out lots of information about path, database schema and all other sort of sensitive information. You are strongly advised to use error logging in place of error displaying on production web sites. The idea is quite simple only developer should able to see php error log.
Find out path to php.iniThe default paths are as follows for popular unix like system:CentOS Linux/RHEL v5.x/6.x/7.x : /etc/php.iniUbuntu / Debian Linux (PHP 7 fpm) : /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.iniUbuntu / Debian Linux (PHP 5.6 fpm) : /etc/php/5.6/fpm/php.iniUbuntu / Debian Linux (PHP 7 with Apache 2) : /etc/php/5.6/apache2/php.iniUbuntu / Debian Linux (PHP 5.6 with Apache 2) : /etc/php/7/apache2/php.iniFreeBSD unix server v9.x/10.x+: /usr/local/etc/php.iniYou can use the following command to find out path to php.ini: # php5-cgi -i | grep php.ini Sample outputs:# php-fpm7.0 -i | grep php.ini Sample outputs:Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc/php/7.0/fpm Loaded Configuration File => /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.iniHow do I log all php errors to a log fiie?Just add following line to /etc/php.ini to log errors to specified file, say /var/log/php-scripts.log or /var/log/httpd/php-error.log: # vi /etc/php.ini Find and modify the error_log directive as follows: error_log = /var/log/php-scripts.log Make sure display_errors set to Off (no errors to end users): display_errors = Off Save and close the file. Restart web server or php7-fpm service: # /etc/init.d/httpd restart OR # systemctl restart httpd.service OR # restart php7.0-fpmHow do I log errors to syslog or Windows Server Event Log?Modify error_log as follows : error_log = syslogHow do I see logs?Login using ssh or download a log file /var/log/php-scripts.log using sftp client: $ sudo tail -f /var/log/php-scripts.log Sample outputs:Fig.01: PHP error log output Share this on:TwitterFacebookGoogle+Download PDF version Found an error/typo on this page?About the author: Vivek Gite is a seasoned sysadmin and a trainer for the Linux/Unix & shell scripting. Follow him on Twitter. OR read more like this:HTTP Error 500 Internal server for php pages and solutionTest your Samba server for configuration errorsTest and Troubleshoot Chro
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Enabling error logging Disabling error logging More Information Related Articles Enabling error logging To enable PHP error logging, you need to set two directives in the php.ini file: log_errors error_log First, use a text editor to set the log_errors directive as shown: log_errors = On Next, set the error_log directive to log PHP errors to a specific file. Replace path with the path to the log file, and filename with the log filename: error_log = /path/filename The changes take effect as soon as you save the php.ini file. Disabling error logging To disable PHP error logging, modify the log_errors line in the php.ini file as follows : log_errors = Off To verify the current value of the log_errors directive and other directives, you can use the phpinfo() function. For more information, please see this article.More Information To view a complete list of php.ini directives, please visit https://secure.php.net/manual/en/ini.list.php. For more information about the log_errors directive, please visit https://secure.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.configuration.php#ini.log-errors. For more information about the error_log directive, please visit https://secure.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.configuration.php#ini.error-log. Related Articles Custom php.ini filesYou can use php.ini fihere for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3531703/how-to-log-errors-and-warnings-into-a-file About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up How to log errors error log and warnings into a file? up vote 117 down vote favorite 33 How to turn on all error and warnings and log them to a file but to set up all of that within the script (not changing anything in php.ini). I want to define a file name and so that all errors and warnings get logged into it. php error-handling share|improve this question asked error log in Aug 20 '10 at 14:15 Gorep 589253 add a comment| 5 Answers 5 active oldest votes up vote 199 down vote Use the following code: ini_set("log_errors", 1); ini_set("error_log", "/tmp/php-error.log"); error_log( "Hello, errors!" ); Then watch the file: tail -f /tmp/php-error.log Or update php.ini as described in this blog entry from 2008. share|improve this answer edited Apr 7 '13 at 5:35 Dave Jarvis 16.4k24106204 answered Aug 20 '10 at 14:32 Aman 2,4131815 30 ini_set does only work if that code is executed. Not useful for code that has parse errors because the error will be before the code is executed. Instead write those changes into the php.ini. –hakre Apr 16 '13 at 23:31 7 If you can't edit php.ini, you should be able to add this in the .htaccess : php_flag log_errors on php_value error_log /home/path/public_html/domain/PHP_errors.log. See perishablepress.com/… –Matthieu Jan 8 '14 at 8:47 I have a question, how to get the error.log file to get created in my htdocs folder instead? –Tommy Mar 5 '14 at 21:51 I guess you just change the folder from tmp/php-error.log to which ever location you desire? –Luke Apr 16 '14