Uncaught exception 'Zend_Log_Exception' with message file.log cannot be opened with mode "a"

Question

I'm facing the following error:

Uncaught exception 'Zend_Log_Exception' with message file.log cannot be opened with mode "a"

In my bootstrap I have the following code:

$logfile = PROJECT_PATH . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .'/tmp/logs/'.$config->app->logfile.'.log';

if (!file_exists($logfile))
{
  $fp = fopen($logfile, 'a');
  fclose($fp);
}

$redacteur = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream($logfile);
$logger    = new Zend_Log($redacteur);

The full error page:

Warning: fopen(/home/http/me.tv/fbapps/www//tmp/logs/vengeance.log) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/http/me.tv/fbapps/www/inline/bootstrap_vengeance.php on line 81

Warning: fclose() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /home/http/me.tv/fbapps/www/inline/bootstrap_vengeance.php on line 82

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Zend_Log_Exception' with message '"/home/http/me.tv/fbapps/www//tmp/logs/vengeance.log" cannot be opened with mode "a"' in /home/http/me.tv/fbapps/www/library/Zend/Log/Writer/Stream.php:78 Stack trace: #0 /home/http/me.tv/fbapps/www/inline/bootstrap_vengeance.php(85): Zend_Log_Writer_Stream->__construct('/home/http/medi...') #1 /home/http/me.tv/fbapps/www/htdocs/vengeance/index.php(9): require_once('/home/http/medi...') #2 {main} thrown in /home/http/me.tv/fbapps/www/library/Zend/Log/Writer/Stream.php on line 78

Basilicata

Answer 1

Put the right permission on the file: 0777.

Check if the directory /home/http/me.tv/fbapps/www/tmp/logs/ exists, then run this command in a terminal:

chmod 777 /home/http/me.tv/fbapps/www/tmp/logs/vengeance.log

Territorialism

I had permissions '755' on the whole directory and the file didn't exist. Changing permissions on the directory to '777' solved the issue. – Declivity

I've put chmod 777 on both the file AND the directory.. PHPUnit is sitll giving me the same error message. cannot be opened in mode "a" – Broyles

this is not much of a solution if you create log file based on dates – Overwinter

Solving an issue by introduting a security breach is not an acceptable solution. Just give the right right to the right user. – Brocade

Answer 2

The web server user should have the right to write and exec (to pass through) on the logs folder.

chown www-data:www-data -R logs/ # change www-data by the user of the web server chmod 755 -R logs/

It s a very bad idea to put 777 somewhere.

Brocade

Answer 3

Like Clem said, you should not give a log file 777 access. It is wrong and introduces vulnerabilities to your app. Another way to give access to your file is giving access like this:

chmod u=rw,g=rw,o=rw file.log

If you want to give read and write access only to specific user/groups make sure you remove the o=rw and add the proper owner/group

chown user:group file.log

Timothea

Answer 4

I had faced the same problem, and it was a user root issue on ubuntu

you just first check all the directory and the subdirectory permissions then run the command

chown /xxx/xxxx/xxx.log -R

and your project should run on the browser

Mullens