Where does PHP's error log reside in XAMPP?
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I've been using XAMPP for Windows.
Where does PHP's error log reside in XAMPP?
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
\xampp\apache\logs\error.log, where xampp is your installation folder.
If you haven't changed the error_log setting in PHP (check with phpinfo()), it will be logged to the Apache log.
Solution 2 - Php
I found it in:
\xampp\php\logs\php_error_log
Solution 3 - Php
You can also open the XAMPP control panel and click on the button Logs:
Solution 4 - Php
For Mac users, XAMPP version 1.7.3:
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/logs/error_log
Solution 5 - Php
\xampp\php\logs did not exist at all for me - for whatever reason.
I simply had to create a folder in \xampp\php\ called logs and then the php_error_log file was created and written to.
Solution 6 - Php
For anyone searching for the PHP log file in XAMPP for Ubuntu, it is:
/opt/lampp/logs/php_error_log
Most probably it will be having a big size (mine was about 350 MBs) and it slowed down my text editor when I opened the file. If you do not care about all the previous logs you can empty the file easily by simply going to the terminal and then writing these three lines one by one:
sudo su
cd /opt/lampp/logs/
> php_error_log
And newer logs will be easy and fast to open now. The angle bracket empties the file (Works with bash only, doesn't work on zsh).
Solution 7 - Php
Look in your configuration file and search for the error_log setting. Or use phpinfo() to find this setting.
Solution 8 - Php
You can simply check your log path from phpMyAdmin.
Run this:
Now click PHPInfo (top right corner) or you can simply open this URL in your browser:
> http://localhost/dashboard/phpinfo.php
Now search for "error_log"(without quotes). You will get the log path.
Solution 9 - Php
For my issue, I had to zero out the log:
sudo bash -c ' > /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/logs/php_error_log '
Solution 10 - Php
\xampp\apache\logs\error.log is the default location of error logs in PHP.
Solution 11 - Php
By default, the XAMPP PHP log file path is in /xampp_installation_folder/php/logs/php_error_log, but I noticed that sometimes it would not be generated automatically. Maybe it could be a Windows account write permission problem? I am not sure, but I created the logs folder and php_error_log file manually and then PHP logs were logged in it finally.
Solution 12 - Php
As said in previous answers, you can find the PHP error log in Windows. In C:\xampp\apache\logs\error.log. You can easily display the last logs by tail -f .\error.log.
Solution 13 - Php
For Mac users, it can be found in:
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/logs/php_error_log
Solution 14 - Php
In the current version I've just installed (8.0.11) the installer "forgets" to create the folder C:\xamppp\php\logs, perhaps by design. After creating the folder and restarting Apache the folder will be populated with a php_error.log file.
Follow
To keep seeing the last entry (much like *nix sh tail -f) use the following command:
Get-Content c:\xampp\php\logs\php_error.log -Wait
This will keep reading the file and display the last entries. Quite handy if you are debugging.