Error Log Gone

[semsemx1]

First, I noticed that errors are no longer being printed on the page where they occur, instead if a (true) error exists (other than notices, warnings) the page goes blank and I need to view the error in the error log. Now, there is no error log and white pages. There is no way for me to see what the issue is.

 

[semsemx1]

Anything? I know errors are being thrown, but the "error_log" file isn't being written. It was gone for a week or two maybe a month ago. Prior to that downtime, it only reported true errors, after the downtime it was reporting everything (errors, warnings, notices) and throwing white screens when there was a true error (without loading part of the page and showing the error on screen). So...there are errors being thrown but no way to view what they are. This is becoming a pain.

 

[ttbx10ho]

Do you mean the error log viewed in cpanel>filemanager>public_html/errorlog?

 

[semsemx1]

Yes.

 

[AngusThermopyle]

You could try adding the line

ini_set("log_errors", 1);

at the top of your script. It seems to turn on error logging on xo2 . After you get everything working, you might think about turning logging off.

You can add

ini_set("display_errors", 1);

to have the errors displayed BUT a) it is ugly for the user AND b) sometimes displays information you might not want seen.

 

[ttbx10ho]

sounds like the script is die(). Can you access say a html file or php file that has no errors?

 

[semsemx1]

It isn't a die(). I could access all other files, except the one that I knew was throwing an error. I found a solution, cPanel->Select PHP version->Switch to PHP Settings->Display Errors and set it to "Yes" and hit save. Of course, all it does is then display ALL the errors on every page, so I need to wait until my users are not online before I do it to solve the issues in coding that might be present.
It was much nicer when the cPanel->File Manager->public_html/error_log file was being written to...keeps the errors away from the users, and allows me to fix them when I have time.

 

[AngusThermopyle]

Did you try my first solution?

 

[mattura]

Thanks, I also had this problem.
The CPanel solution worked fine for me:
Cpanel - PHP Version - Switch.. - click on the text "Off" to the right of "display_errors", select "On", "Apply", "Save"