PHP error_log() not writing to disk in cron job

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When running PHP scripts as cron jobs, the error handler works but the error_log() function doesn't write to disk. I included these lines in the script run through cron in case it was because the php.ini values weren't getting picked up, but still no output to the error log.

ini_set('display_startup_errors', 0);
ini_set('display_errors', 0);
ini_set('error_log', LOG_FOLDER . 'error_log.txt');

Error handling in general is working as expected, and the error messages appear in the cron output email that I get.

As a workaround I could detect that the script is running as a cron job by checking $_SERVER, and then writing to the error log using fopen(), etc. But I was hoping I could get it set up right and just use error_log().

Are you sure LOG_FOLDER is correctly defined? What does echo LOG_FOLDER . 'error_log.txt' produce? — Josh
– Josh, Commented May 20, 2010 at 14:49
You could just redirect the output of the cron. In crontab: php yourcommand.php &> /path/to/error_log.txt — Cfreak
– Cfreak, Commented May 20, 2010 at 14:54
I have printed out the LOG_FOLDER and it's echoing the correct path, yes. — Kevin
– Kevin, Commented May 20, 2010 at 15:31

Kevin · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-20 16:28:02Z

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Well I just realized that is was just my mistake and the LOG_FOLDER was actually not correct, there was a folder missing. :)

answered May 20, 2010 at 16:28

Kevin

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