Where can I find error log files?

Question

Where can I find error log files? I need to check them for solving an internal server error shown after installing suPHP.

Answer 1

You can use "lsof" to find open logfiles on your system. lsof just gives you a list of all open files.

Use grep for "log" ... use grep again for "php" (if the filename contains the strings "log" and "php" like in "php_error_log" and you are root user you will find the files without knowing the configuration).

        root@lnx-work:~# lsof |grep log
        ... snip
        gmain     12148 12274       user   13r      REG              252,1    32768     661814 /home/user/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home-11ab0393.log
        gmain     12148 12274       user   21r      REG              252,1    32768     662622 /home/user/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/root-56222fe2.log
        gvfs-udis 12246             user  mem       REG              252,1    55384     790567 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd-login.so.0.7.1
==> apache 12333             user  mem       REG              252,1    55384     790367 /var/log/http/php_error_log**
        ... snip 

        root@lnx-work:~# lsof |grep log |grep php 
        **apache 12333             user  mem       REG              252,1    55384     790367 /var/log/http/php_error_log**
        ... snip 

Also see this article on finding open logfiles: Find open logfiles on a linux system

Answer 2

On CentoS with cPanel installed my logs were in:

/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

To watch: tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

Answer 3

This is a preferable answer in most use cases, because it allows you to decouple execution of the software from direct knowledge of the server platform, which keeps your code much more portable. If you are doing a lot of cron/cgi, this may not help directly, but it can be set into a config at web runtime that the cron/cgi scripts pull from to keep the log location consistent in that case.

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You can get the current log file assigned natively to php on any platform at runtime by using:

ini_get('error_log');

This returns the value distributed directly to the php binary by the webserver, which is what you want in 90% of use cases (with the glaring exception being cgi). Cgi will often log to this same location as the http webserver client, but not always.

You will also want to check that it is writeable before committing anything to it to avoid errors. The conf file that defines it's location (typically either apache.conf globally or vhosts.conf on a per-domain basis), but the conf does not ensure that file permissions allow write access at runtime.

Answer 4

Works for me. How log all php errors to a log fiie?

Just add following line to /etc/php.ini to log errors to specified file – /var/log/php-scripts.log

vi /etc/php.ini

Modify error_log directive

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:

/etc/init.d/httpd restart

How do I log errors to syslog or Windows Server Event Log?

Modify error_log as follows :

error_log = syslog

How see logs?

Login using ssh or download a log file /var/log/php-scripts.log using sftp:
$ sudo tail -f /var/log/php-scripts.log

Answer 5

This will defiantly help you,

https://davidwinter.me/enable-php-error-logging/

OR

In php.ini: (vim /etc/php.ini Or Sudo vim /usr/local/etc/php/7.1/php.ini)

display_errors = Off

log_errors = On

error_log = /var/log/php-errors.log

Make the log file, and writable by www-data:

sudo touch /var/log/php-errors.log

/var/log/php-errors.log

sudo chown :www

Thanks,

Answer 6

I am using Cent OS 6.6 with Apache and for me error log files are in

/usr/local/apache/log