Question

What I’ve tried:

php.ini

log_errors = On
error_log = /etc/httpd/logs/php_error.log 

httpd.conf

php_value error_log /etc/httpd/logs/php_error.log

I’ve tried these in different combinations, stopped and started httpd and verified that these settings are recognized in phpinfo(), but it all still goes to the apache error.log file.

How can I get php error_log() output in a separate file from the httpd error.log file?

PHP 5.3.5
Server version: Apache/2.2.3

Thanks

Answer 1

… The file should be writable by the web server’s user …

Source: http://www.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.configuration.php#ini.error-log

try to change the the log directory to e.g. /var/log/php/my_php_errors.log
make sure the folder exists:

mkdir /var/log/php/

/etc/... is usually used not for logging use some folder/file in /var/log/... instead