Hi.

First look at /var/log/apache2/error.log

If you can’t see anything, then in you .php do

error_reporting(-1);

Yo can set the error log file name in php.ini doing:

error_log = "your_error_file.log"

Hope this helps.

Hi Konrado

Thanks for taking the time to reply :)

I created a new file called log.php it simply contains <?php error_reporting(-1); ?>

log.php is saved to /var/www/html

I used the locate command to find php.ini

locate php.ini

Terminal output:

• /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
• /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
• /usr/lib/php/7.0/php.ini-development
• /usr/lib/php/7.0/php.ini-production
• /usr/lib/php/7.0/php.ini-production.cli

Which one do I need to edit?

I assume it’s this one? /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini

but when I run this: /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini Terminal outputs: -bash: /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini: Permission denied

I’m a beginner…

So, I tried: sudo /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini Terminal outputs: sudo: /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini: command not found

Any ideas?

Hi @smeehan

For starters, ou can use phpinfo(); function to ensure php.ini file is in use. But yes - probably it’s /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini

To edit it (you almost got that) - use e.g.

sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini/php.ini

where nane is an editor, you can use “vim” or anything you want, like some gui editor.

p.s.
After editing the file, you must do:

sudo service apache2 restart

For PHP to re-read the options.

Hi @konrado

Thanks for this, however, I found this post: Apache Log Location, it looks like it should work.

I thought it was strange the error.log wasn’t on the server, it’s a standard file I’ve been able to access on another hosting provider.