PHP errors : No display & No log

Question

I checked which php.ini is used with phpinfo() , so I'm editing the right php config file .

In that php.ini file (and in phpinfo() details) I have display_errors at On and error_reporting at E_ALL .

BUT when I have a PHP error, most of the time I find no log (in the file specified by error_log , nor in the file specified in apache vhost, nor in /var/syslog ), and only a blank page displayed . I also tried to use the ini_set("display_errors", 1) but that didn't change anything.

One thing was weird, I had no php5 folder in /var/log (I created it, and configured error_log to use it).

Any idea would be much appreciated, that's not so great to code without knowing anything about the errors you have !

PS I'm using PHP 5.4 & Symfony2 (using the app_dev.php file), on Debian Wheezy.

Edit : Error logs now work thanks to @martinezjc , but still having a blank page in Apache.

Answer 1

You can create a custom directory, remember to assign apache permission

mkdir /var/log/php-5-4
chown www-data /var/log/php-5-4

The in the php.ini file

error_log = /var/log/php-5-4/php_errors.log

This link talk about more about logs, you can check it http://doc.exyks.org/wiki/Server_php_log_configuration