Can't write log file in Linux using PHP

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I'm running CentOS 6.5 on a Google Compute Engine instance which I use for an ejabberd XMPP server. I also have php 5 installed and ejabberd is configured to use a php script to authenticate users. So far so good - ejabberd executes the script and recieves the correct result from it. The problem is: I want the PHP script to write a log file. So far I've tried:

  • Writing a file using file_put_contents to /var/log/mlog.log - this didn't work. so I've tried manually creating the file and giving it chmod 777 (for testing). No result - the file remains empty. But - when I execute the script manually using php from terminal the log is written.
  • Writing to syslog - I've configured php.ini to use syslog and then tried logging. Same result: nothing when ejabberd runs the script, but when I manually run it it works.
  • Configuring error_log file and using error_log($message). Again, it didn't work.

I came to realize it must be something wrong with the write permissions of the ejabberd user (which runs the php scripts), but even when I set chmod 777 to every file in every option of the above, the log remains empty.

Any hints? What am I missing? (as you can probably tell, I don't have much knowledge in Linux and this is the first time I'm using it in a project)

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This may not be the answer you are seeking. I am not much familiar with Linux. There is a KeyLogging php class know as KLogger. You can create logs using this class. It is very easy to use, You have to download php file and use it. You can find it in github. Hope this might solve your problem.