command line interface - PHP CLI won't log errors

Question

PHP currently will not log errors produced from the command line.

I have:

log_errors = On
error_log = /var/log/php_errors.log

in file /etc/php5/cli/php.ini.

Am I missing a further setting to get this working?

Answer 1

Please check that the user account running PHP CLI has write access to /var/log/php_errors.log.

Additionally, you can verify that you are using the correct php.ini file like this:

php -a -c /etc/php5/cli/php.ini