I did a quick search of the forums but it doesn't seem to be what I'm looking for - does anyone know of a way I can output all the errors and warnings from error_reporting(E_ALL); to a file I specify?

    it is in the php.ini

    you can turn on/off:
    1. logging to screen, display
    2. logging to your error file
    so you can have either, both or none

    If you turn on logging to file
    you may also config 'path to your error_log file'
    It is rather well explained in php.ini, what options are

    Of course the error_reporting level will effect this logging.
    Remember to Restart your server, if you change php.ini

    From my own phpinfo

    Loaded Configuration File C:\php\php.ini
    display_errors On
    error_log c:/phperror/phperr.log
    html_errors On
    log_errors On

      Yeah, I know I can change it for the server, but is there a way to do it in just a single script? I was hoping maybe something like error_reporting(E_ALL, 'file.txt'); but I know it's not that simple. 🙁

        yes, you can change it in your script
        http://php.net/manual/en/ini.php#ini.list

        PHP_INI_ALL means this variable can be set everywhere
        - php.ini, httpd.conf(Apache) .htaccess and in your php scripts

        you would use [man]ini_set[/man]
        and set
        log_errors = 1
        error_log = file

        <?php

error_reporting( E_ALL );
ini_set('log_errors', '1');
ini_set('error_log', 'path/filename');

?>

        or in .htaccess

        php_value error_reporting 2047      (same as E_ALL )
php_flag log_errors On
php_value error_log path/filename    (I think without quotes around)

          Thanks a lot, I'll try that once I get back from class.

            Here is another trick
            If you want to log errors to a file in same folder where your script is.
            In this case a file named: phperror.log

            <?php
error_reporting( E_ALL );
ini_set('log_errors', '1');
// dirname of __FILE__ is this directory
ini_set('error_log', dirname(__FILE__).'/_phperror.log');

echo 'hello; // I made an error here = missing quote

?>
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