Title: Finding the error log
Last modified: January 5, 2022

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# Finding the error log

 *  [Barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrypersonalctonet/)
 * (@barrypersonalctonet)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-the-error-log/)
 * We have a new site hosted with a hosting company that I have not used before (
   Loopia in Sweden). In their setup, the PHP error_log is pointed to syslog, but
   they allow for a statement in .htaccess (php_value error_log) that points the
   log to somewhere else. I have configured that and I can see that the log file
   exists and has errors in it, and the plugin’s wp-config settings are correct 
   and point to the same file.
 * The Error Log Monitor plugin is still complaining that it is unable to find the
   log, and says:
 *  Error Log Monitor setup
 *  There was an error:
    The current error_log value syslog is not supported. Please
   change it to an absolute path.
 * Is there a way to get things to work in this configuration? The hosting company
   will not do anything to change the configured global or local value for error_log.
 * Thanks,
 * Barry

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 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-the-error-log/#post-15222086)
 * The plugin gets the `error_log` value directly from PHP, so it should always 
   match what PHP is actually using. There is no cache or database involved.
 * I think this suggests that the settings in `wp-config.php` are not working as
   expected. Are you using `ini_set()` to change the configuration? Does the host
   allow that?

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 * Last reply from: [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-the-error-log/#post-15222086)
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