php error log missing in XAMPP

Question

php.ini contains following parameters:

track_errors=On
error_reporting=E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT
log_errors=On
error_log="C:\xampp\php\logs\php_error_log"

but "logs" folder is missing in this path. Its not even hidden folder. where to find php error logs?

OS:windows 8.1
php version 5.6.24

Answer 1

Somehow PHP won't create the "logs" folder by itself... and that's what we need to do:

1. Created the "logs" folder in the correct location (for instance, C:\xampp\php\logs).

2. Restart Apache using XAMPP control panel (stop and start).

Then when an error occurs the file will be generated fine and you'll be again able to open the PHP logs from XAMPP console

To test that it's working you can create a fatal error by using

trigger_error("Some info",E_USER_ERROR);

Answer 2

In my case I solved this problem by making the main settings made in the question, with only two changes:

track_errors=On
error_reporting=E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT
log_errors=On

change 1:

error_log="C:\xampp\php\logs\php_errors.log"

in the documentation it says that these methods are deprecated, so it is disabled by default and with the wrong directory.

change 2:

Create the folder 'logs' in: C:\xampp\php

This worked for me, I hope it will be useful.