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Huge amount of "PHP Notice:" -> huge logs

Hey,

For some while now I've been having this problem with a site we host. In the 'error_log' for the site I've fount MANY (as in several GB logs) PHP notices that look something like:

Code:

[Tue Mar 18 11:58:25 2008] [error] [client some.ip.here] PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  check_3 in /var/www/vhosts/mydomain/httpdocs/somefile.php on line 150, referer: http://referer/url

there are also other notices, like:

Code:

PHP Notice:  Undefined variable:

PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant REQUEST_URI - assumed 'REQUEST_URI' in

PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant ppp - assumed 'ppp' in

The code works fine and I don't understand why it gives this notices. Is there any way to silence PHP and don't show this errors? The problem is that they created around 8GB of logs in just a week.

Thanks.

change the error_reporting option in your php.ini file to not invlude E_NOTICE

Code:

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; Error handling and logging ;

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;



; error_reporting is a bit-field.  Or each number up to get desired error

; reporting level

; E_ALL            - All errors and warnings (doesn't include E_STRICT)

; E_ERROR          - fatal run-time errors

; E_WARNING        - run-time warnings (non-fatal errors)

; E_PARSE          - compile-time parse errors

; E_NOTICE          - run-time notices (these are warnings which often result

;                    from a bug in your code, but it's possible that it was

;                    intentional (e.g., using an uninitialized variable and

;                    relying on the fact it's automatically initialized to an

;                    empty string)

; E_STRICT          - run-time notices, enable to have PHP suggest changes

;                    to your code which will ensure the best interoperability

;                    and forward compatibility of your code

; E_CORE_ERROR      - fatal errors that occur during PHP's initial startup

; E_CORE_WARNING    - warnings (non-fatal errors) that occur during PHP's

;                    initial startup

; E_COMPILE_ERROR  - fatal compile-time errors

; E_COMPILE_WARNING - compile-time warnings (non-fatal errors)

; E_USER_ERROR      - user-generated error message

; E_USER_WARNING    - user-generated warning message

; E_USER_NOTICE    - user-generated notice message

;

; Examples:

;

;  - Show all errors, except for notices and coding standards warnings

;

;error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_STRICT

;

;  - Show all errors, except for notices

;

;error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

;

;  - Show only errors

;

;error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR|E_ERROR|E_CORE_ERROR

;

;  - Show all errors

;

error_reporting  =  E_ALL

Thanks, that stopped the logs from getting bigger. But can you please tell me what was generating them, so I know what to look for?!

Thanks.

looking at the examples, bad coding. ;-)

Is there a possibility that such notices are generated when PHP is looking in GET for elements that aren't there?

Anyway the log problem is solved, thanks acid_kewpie!