I am trying to change the location of the php_mail.log file which is automatically placed in the root directory when sending email using the PHP mail() function. My website is hosted on a shared server at Siteground. phpinfo() shows a local value of "php_mail.log" (no path) for the mail.log directive.
I tried changing the location (to a folder named "mail-log" outside the root directory) by adding the following to the php.ini file ("usr" was replaced by the proper username):
mail.log = /home/usr/mail-log/php_mail.log
However, this seemed to be ignored as the php_mail.log file was still placed in the root directory.
A similar post (here: PHP mail: how to override or bypass mail.log setting) indicates that the location can be changed using the php.ini file. However, as I noted, it seems to have no effect.
Is it possible that a server setting is overriding the change in the php.ini file? I contacted Siteground, but they were not helpful. Any insight or suggestions would be appreciated.
