Error Log file

[Pikachu2000]

Just uploaded some of my stuff to a live hosted domain. I now notice they have log_errors Off globally and locally in php.ini. Consequently, error_log has no_value.

I definitely want to log errors, but I don't have access to anything above the htdocs directory. I can edit my local php.ini file to set both values, but my question relates to the log file itself. I obviously need to create a php_error_log file, but should it be in the htdocs directory, and what permissions should it have, 644? Or should i create a .htaccess protected directory for it, and how would I give access for errors to be written to it?

[bradgrafelman]

Pikachu2000 wrote:

what permissions should it have, 644?

You could try that, but you'll probably need 666 so that the Apache process can write to it.

If you can't store it above the web root, then you could use .htaccess to secure (or entirely block) access to the file via Apache. For example:

<Files php_error.log>
    Order Allow, Deny
    Deny from All
</Files

would block all access to the file, though you could also setup basic HTTP authentication so that you could view the file from your browser.