[SOLVED] Can't get Apache to log errors

drigby · 04-12-2012, 04:24 PM

I have been trying to get php to put its errors into a separate log file: "php_log". In php.ini I set:

Code:

error_log = /var/log/httpd/php_log

The php errors continue to show up in httpd's "error_log". I've reset apache many times since I changed the setting (I've tried other file names as well), and phpinfo() confirms all settings are the way I want them.

Here are some other settings you may or may not find relevant:

Code:

error_reporting  =  E_ALL
display_errors = Off # On on the test server (same results of coarse)
log_errors = On
log_errors_max_len = 1024
ignore_repeated_source = Off
report_memleaks = On
track_errors = Off

Thanks for the help!

bathory · 04-13-2012, 08:41 AM

Hi,

You didn't mention your distro, but I guess it's a rhel based one as it uses /var/log/httpd for logging.
Note that php writes its logs with the rights of the user running apache. In your case the apache user cannot create and write /var/log/httpd/php_log and so it keeps logging into apache error_log.
Unless you want to change the directory permissions (that is not advisable), you can change the location for the php_log to somewhere that can be written by the apache user (e.g. /tmp/php_log)
Also if you're using SELinux, check if it allows apache to write in /tmp

Regards

drigby · 04-13-2012, 09:40 AM

Thanks. That's what I needed to know!

And, yes on the rhel based... CentOS to be specific. Thanks again!