Where does PHP store the error log? (php5, apache, fastcgi, cpanel)

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PHPLOVER picture PHPLOVER · Feb 26, 2011 · Viewed 967.5k times · Source

I am on shared hosting and have Cpanel, Apache, PHP is run by fastcgi. Where does PHP store the error log?

Is there any other way I can find the error log on shared hosting environment instead of having to go through entire site structure to look for error_log files?

I have access to the php.ini (I am using PHP version 5.2.16).

Answer

Adam Arold picture Adam Arold · Feb 26, 2011

PHP stores error logs in /var/log/apache2 if PHP is an apache2 module. Shared hosts are often storing log files in your root directory /log subfolder. But...if you have access to a php.ini file you can do this:

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

According to rinogo's comment: If you're using cPanel, the master log file you're probably looking for is stored (by default) at

/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

If all else fails you can check the location of the log file using

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

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