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Bug #18447 Error-Log File is overwritten for every new Error
Submitted: 2002-07-20 04:52 UTC Modified: 2002-09-11 11:44 UTC
From: akorthaus at web dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 4.1.2 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-07-20 04:52 UTC] akorthaus at web dot de 
Hi!

I?ve run php as CGI-Version with Apache.

Because I don?t want errors to be shown on the website, I changed the following values of php.ini:

display_errors = Off
// so no Errors are displayd anymore

log_errors = On
// Errors should be logged 

error_log = log.txt
// into this file


It works fine, but there is only the last error in this log-file, old errors are overwritten.

I think error-logs should log ALL errors. If I try from SHELL:

php script.php 2>>log.txt

it works, but I can?t open all my PHP-Scripts from SHELL and I don?t want to use 2>> every time ;-)

rgds
Andreas Korthaus

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 [2002-07-20 12:33 UTC] sniper@php.net 
I can not reproduce this with PHP 4.2.1. (CGI)
Make that filename for the log to be absolute,
e.g.:

error_log=/tmp/php-log.txt
 [2002-07-20 17:05 UTC] akorthaus at web dot de 
OK, you?re right, the Problem is more difficult.

It only doesn?t work with logging Errors, if I try to start a PHP-Script form SHELL, this way:

I?ve got the following lines into my ~/.bashrc 

PATH="$PATH":"$HOME"/bin 
export PATH 

In "/bin" I?ve got my important scripts I often use, so I can start a script in "bin/file.php" from every directory only by writing "file.php". 

But - if I start a script this way, no errors are logged, if I?m in "/temp/logs" I can use "file.php", than no errors are logged, but if I write ../../bin/file.php logging works perfectly!

Do you have an idea why this happens?
 [2002-07-20 20:57 UTC] sniper@php.net 
No other idea but is is the log file writable by anyone?
(And do try 4.2.1, I still can't reproduce this..)
 [2002-09-11 11:44 UTC] sniper@php.net 
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