PHP Error Logs on IIS 7.5/Windows Server 2008
I'm confused about where I should be looking for a log file containing php errors on a Windows 2008 Server running IIS 7.5 (I'm more familiar with the Mac OS X setup for this).
In my php.ini file I have log_errors set to "On" but I'm not seeing any php errors in the IIS logs that appear in this folder:
C\inetpub\logs\LogFiles
Is it possible to have the php errors included in this file or do I need to specify a new file just for php errors?
(I'm trying to troubleshoot a site that is generating 500 – Internal server error for a php error. I've found this site http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/php-on-windows-server-2008-500-internal-server-error-on-iis/ that explains how I can view the error when accessing the page via an RDP session on the server, but I need to be able to log these and view the log as I won't always have RDP access).
Answer
In the php.ini (you can find this under "c:\program files (x86)\php\{PHP Version}") change these settings:
log_errors = On
Then set error_log to syslog for the windows event log:
error_log = syslog
Or specify a location on disk such as:
error_log = C:\Windows\temp\php_errors.log
Make sure that the error_log or log_error values aren't being set elsewhere in the file.