Where is the error_log file?

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I already set

// Don't display errors
ini_set('display_errors', 0);
// Write errors to log
ini_set('log_errors', 1);
// Error log file name
ini_set('log_errors', '/var/log/php/error.log');

but I cannot find the log file.

I also checked the php.ini file, but there isn't any error log. I cannot find directory named var/log/apache or var/log/php.

I'm trying to log the errors into a file, without showing it in the browser.

The problem:

I don't see the /var/log/ directory. Instead, I found the /php/logs/ directory.
I cannot log the errors without showing it on browser, even after I use the ini_set() function.

Possible duplicate of [Find out the error\_log's path](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8955411/find-out-the-error-logs-path) — chris85, Apr 10 '17 at 02:29
The canonical is *[Where does PHP store the error log? (PHP 5, Apache, FastCGI, and cPanel)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5127838/)* (despite the over-specific title). — Peter Mortensen, Sep 26 '21 at 13:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 25 '21 at 17:50

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Try

\xampp\apache\logs\error.log

where xampp is your installation folder.

If you haven't changed the error_log setting in PHP (check with phpinfo()), it will be logged to the Apache log.

edited Sep 25 '21 at 17:50

Peter Mortensen

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answered Apr 10 '17 at 02:36

vpdeva

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alright I got it. but the error is not logged in the file why is that? – Citra45Abadi Apr 10 '17 at 02:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '23 at 11:36

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You should have written ini_set('error_log','/var/log/php/error.log') not ini_set('log_errors', '/var/log/php/error.log')

answered Feb 05 '23 at 11:36

Erik Krause

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