When troubleshooting PHP errors, you will want to review your PHP logs. If you don't have PHP logs to review, use the following process to set up logging:
- You should always backup your site before making any changes to your site.
- Locate your PHP initialization file.
- Edit the file. (cPanel / Plesk / Web Hosting / Managed WordPress / VPS)
- Place the following line in your initialization file:
error_log = /path/to/your/webroot/php_error.log
- error_log is the PHP function that will tell the web server to output your logs to a new file.
- /path/to/your/webroot/php_error.log is the path to your new log.
- Make sure to replace /path/to/your/webroot with the actual path your hosting account uses.
- What is my absolute path? (cPanel / Plesk / Web Hosting).
- Create the a file named php_error.log in the in the webroot of your hosting.
- Restart your PHP processes.(Web Hosting (Linux) / Web Hosting (Windows) / cPanel / Plesk).
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