Disable error_logging?

[JSlime]

Hello everyone,
I was wondering how l would go about disabling php error logging on my VPS account. I don't mind the php errors being output on the page, but l don't want the errors logged to an error_log file in the same folder. Any help would be awesome!

Thanks,

[JPC-Jawad]

Is there any special reason behind disabling error logging in php. It is not recommended to set errors to output on page rather than in the error_log file. However, you can do this by setting display_errors to on in php.ini file and setting log_errors to off. Here is the part of php.ini file related to this.

; Log errors into a log file (server-specific log, stderr, or error_log (below))
; As stated above, you're strongly advised to use error logging in place of
; error displaying on production web sites.
log_errors = On

; Print out errors (as a part of the output).  For production web sites,
; you're strongly encouraged to turn this feature off, and use error logging
; instead (see below).  Keeping display_errors enabled on a production web site
; may reveal security information to end users, such as file paths on your Web
; server, your database schema or other information.
display_errors = On

I would also recommend you to go through the php error_reporting manual here.

[Gwaihir]

You don't have to log them to a file in the same folder. That indeed isn't great. I use one central log for my account, which isn't accessible from the web either.

; Log errors to specified file.
error_log = "/home/<your account>/log/php_errors.log"

The point of the error logging is that usually, as a webmaster, you want to see all the errors, so you can take action. On the other end, your users shouldn't be bothered with those. Showing them can in fact be a security risk, as they can easily be way too telling and help a hacker find his way in.