Check php errors log in my EC2 Instance running Amazon Linux

Question

Iv have been trying to find a way on how to find where my php errors log file is stored in. I am using an EC2 Instance, in Amazon AWS running Amazon Linux. Usually, when using MAMP, I get some PHP Warnings and Notices I can see in a php_log file.

I have been looking for the file, and still no luck finding it.

Do you know where I can find the error log (file)?

Thanks a lot!

Cheers.

Solution 1

Depending what configuration you use, the errors will either go into the web server error log file, or it will be stored in /var/log/php-fpm/5.6/ (assuming you are using 5.6)

Solution 2

It is in /var/log/httpd/error_log

To debug and see log changes you can do

tail -f /var/log/httpd/error_log

Comments

[idelara]

Where would the web server error log file would be? Do you happen to know?

[datasage]

Most applications put logs in /var/log. With both apache and nginx you can tell it to store logs elsewhere, but if you haven't done that you should find them in /var/log/httpd or /var/log/nginx

[idelara]

Thanks! I could find it under /var/log/httpd

[Kevin]

this works on my end, my current environment is ec2 linux ami

[Curtis]

What do I do if my httpd folder is empty?

[Curtis]

What do I do if I don't have a php-fpm folder?

[user2335065]

It says permission denied when I try to access the /var/log/httpd/ folder

[alttag]

If you're getting "permission denied", then put sudo in front of the command: tail -f /var/log/httpd/error_log