ID: 31419
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: mfoxx at hotmail dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Feedback
Bug Type: PHP options/info functions
Operating System: Debian 3.0
PHP Version: 5.0.4
New Comment:
Using latest CVS snapshot (5.1-dev) this works just fine,
provided the path passed to error_log is such that the webserver can
write into it. And I don't get any PHP errors in the apache logs
either.
Check the permissions. And if that wasn't the cause, check what php.ini
file is used (shown in phpinfo() output) and do a 'diff -u' between that
and php.ini-dist from the latest CVS snapshot you're using.
Previous Comments:
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[2005-07-18 18:52:09] mfoxx at hotmail dot com
Also, here is the VirutalHost directive from httpd.conf:
<VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx>
ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DocumentRoot /www/xxx
ServerName www.xxx.com
ErrorLog /www/logs/xxx_com-error.log
CustomLog /www/logs/xxx_com-access.log common
</VirtualHost>
The apache error log I keep referring to, that is getting the PHP
errors logged to it, is the one specified above at "ErrorLog",
xxx_com-error.log.
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[2005-07-18 18:46:41] mfoxx at hotmail dot com
I just upgraded to the latest Apache 2.0.54, and PHP 5.0.4, and again,
I am still having the same problem.
I go into my php.ini file, and I comment out the setting for the php
error_log. I then create a script like this:
<?php
ini_set("error_log","/path/to/logs/php-err.txt");
phpinfo();
nonexistent();
?>
When I examine the output of phpinfo(), i see the value set in the
ini_set() call.
However, the error that occurs when I call the nonexistent() function
does NOT get logged to that file (nor does the file even get created).
It however does get logged to the virtual-host specific apache error
log (error.log) that is set to be in the same directory.
I even tried creating an empty file (thinking maybe it was the creation
of the file that wasn't working) in the logs directory, and then
restarting apache. Reran the script, and still, the error gets logged
to the apache log for that virtual-host, not to the value set by
ini_set().
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[2005-02-28 23:24:39] mfoxx at hotmail dot com
I just installed the new CVS snapshot of this, and I am now seeing a
different behavior, but still not the correct one. Now, no matter
whether I specify an error_log in php.ini or not, ALL php errors are
going to the each virtual-host specific apache error log. I can't
override it with a valid error_log setting in php.ini, nor can I
override it in code, as my original bug report submitted that I had
tried.
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[2005-01-05 19:12:11] mfoxx at hotmail dot com
Description:
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FYI: I am running a server where I built from source the apache and
PHP binaries, so I am not susceptible to the problems other bugs
reported where they might have used a pre-packaged binary with some
other unexplained behavior.
If I set a value for error_log in my php.ini (to /home/php.errors, for
instance), PHP correctly logs any errors encountered (in ANY of my
<virtualhost> sites) there to that single file.
However, when I do in a script (because error_log is said in the manual
to be modifiable as PHP_INI_ALL, which means i can change it anywhere):
ini_set("error_log","/path/to/some.log.file");
or when I do:
php_value error_log "/path/to/some.log.file"
in my httpd.conf inside a <virtualhost>, or my .htaccess file for a
particular site, the VALUE is apparently "changed", but PHP doesn't
seem to respect it, when coming across an error later in code.
Furthermore, PHP will not even write the errors to the original
error_log value set before in the php.ini. It will instead write them
to apache's error log for that particular <virtualhost>.
As you can see in my "reproduce code" i change the error_log variable
using ini_set(), then i do phpinfo(), and verify that it DOES IN FACT
have the new changed value in its output, overriding the default that I
set in my php.ini file. And then I call a function which doesn't exist,
which should force a PHP error.
The error does occur, and it DOES get logged, just not to the right
file, it now gets logged to the APACHE error log file, not even the
original php.ini error_log setting, which I find very strange.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
ini_set("error_log","/path/to/php.err");
phpinfo();
echo nonexistent();
?>
Expected result:
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I expected for the value of error_log to be changed, so that when I
force a PHP error, calling a "nonexistent()" function, I should get the
error logged into my php.err file as specified in ini.set.
Actual result:
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the error (call to undefined function) DOES get logged, but to the
wrong file... it gets logged to the Apache error file for that
particular <virtualhost>. It doesn't even get logged to the original
php.ini file's setting for error_log.
But, as I stated before, if I just set the value in php.ini, and DON'T
try to modify it in code (or httpd.conf), then the error gets logged to
the location I specified in php.ini.
So, basically, when you try to modify the error_log setting at runtime,
it irreversibly starts the PHP error logging to the Apache error log, no
matter what you specify.
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