How to get php logs on 1and1 hosting

Question

I am hosting a web application on a 1and1 Basic plan.

I have tried setting up php error logging, by following their instructions, and thus have set up php.ini as follows :

error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT
log_errors = On 
display_errors = Off 
error_log = /homepages/31/d704704531/htdocs/logs/php-errors.log

However it is not working, the file is not being created, I don't see an error message anywhere.

Answer 1

The problem is that the destination file is in the logs folder, which is read only.

This is silly, but one needs to point the logs to another destination, for example :

error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT
log_errors = On 
display_errors = Off 
error_log = /homepages/31/d704704531/htdocs/mylogs/php-errors.log