PHP Error Log

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rkovelman Author

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PHP Error Log

Anyone know where the PHP error log resides? And if so how to change it?

ACTC, ACHD, ACDT, ACPT, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Sep 10, 2008 3:19 PM

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Answer 1

Camelot

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Sep 11, 2008 9:46 AM in response to rkovelman

php -i | grep error

will give you the current PHP error reporting options. IIRC most of them are off by default, meaning no logs are generated.

You can enable them by adding the appropriate settings to /etc/php.ini (create the file if it doesn't already exist)

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Answer 2

rkovelman Author

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Sep 11, 2008 4:49 PM in response to Camelot

This is what appears:

display_errors => STDERR => STDERR
display startuperrors => Off => Off
error appendstring => no value => no value
error_log => /Library/WebServer/php_errors/error.log => /Library/WebServer/php_errors/error.log
error prependstring => no value => no value
error_reporting => 6143 => 6143
html_errors => Off => Off
ignore repeatederrors => Off => Off
log_errors => Off => Off
log errors_maxlen => 1024 => 1024
track_errors => Off => Off
xmlrpc errornumber => 0 => 0
xmlrpc_errors => Off => Off

Whats wrong here?

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Answer 3

Camelot

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Sep 11, 2008 5:44 PM in response to rkovelman

Like I said - logging is off by default:

log_errors => Off => Off

Add 'log_error = On' to /etc/php.ini to start logging.

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Answer 4

rkovelman Author

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Sep 11, 2008 11:55 PM in response to Camelot

I had them on but there was no file created or anything. I turned it off so the errors were displayed on screen. Any reason why its not working?

Message was edited by: rkovelman

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Answer 5

rkovelman Author

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Sep 12, 2008 5:58 AM in response to Camelot

Now will this work?

display_errors => STDERR => STDERR
display startuperrors => Off => Off
error appendstring => no value => no value
error_log => /Volumes/Raid Data/Web_Site/phperrors/error.log => /Volumes/Raid Data/Web_Site/phperrors/error.log
error prependstring => no value => no value
error_reporting => 6143 => 6143
html_errors => Off => Off
ignore repeatederrors => Off => Off
log_errors => On => On
log errors_maxlen => 1024 => 1024
track_errors => Off => Off
xmlrpc errornumber => 0 => 0
xmlrpc_errors => Off => Off

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Answer 6

rkovelman Author

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Sep 12, 2008 10:06 AM in response to Camelot

Not sure if this is good or bad but I get this error:

[12-Sep-2008 11:59:19] Cache unable to open file for writing: ./cache/698e170518443bd7f905b504eac2d00a
[12-Sep-2008 12:02:40] Cache couldn't make dir './cache'.

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