Hi,
I am using MyBB for a while now but I never see any entry in the error.log file. Is there a simple way to simulate an error so that I can be confident its correctly configured ?
Thanks for any ideas you can offer!
try visiting any non-existing page on your forum (eg. forumurl/abcdef.php) and then check the error log
(2013-09-12, 04:29 PM).m. Wrote: [ -> ]try visiting any non-existing page on your forum (eg. forumurl/abcdef.php) and then check the error log
That may show as a 404 not found in the access logs but it's unlikely it would be parsed by PHP (If PHP is trying to execute every file requested, something is seriously wrong).
A better way would be to add some gibberish to the top of index.php, load up the homepage, and then check the error log. Of course you should removed it after.
It seems the errors are logged in the error.log in the log directory for apache i.e /var/log/apache2 and not forumurl/error.log as I expected.
Thanks for quick response!
(2013-09-12, 04:37 PM)Nathan Malcolm Wrote: [ -> ] (2013-09-12, 04:29 PM).m. Wrote: [ -> ]try visiting any non-existing page on your forum (eg. forumurl/abcdef.php) and then check the error log
That may show as a 404 not found in the access logs but it's unlikely it would be parsed by PHP (If PHP is trying to execute every file requested, something is seriously wrong).
A better way would be to add some gibberish to the top of index.php, load up the homepage, and then check the error log. Of course you should removed it after.
I tried your suggestion adding some gibberish in index.php. I got a parse error and that gets logged in /var/log/apache2/error.log.
The error.log I was originally inquiring about is the one defined under Server and Optimization Options > Error Logging Location which nothing is logged in and I'm wondering how I can check if its working?