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PHP Function error_log()
Syntax
bool error_log ( string $message [,
int $message_type [,
string $destination [,
string $extra_headers]]] )
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Definition and Usage
Sends an error message to the web server's error log, a TCP port or to a file.
Paramters
Parameter | Description |
message | The error message that should be logged. |
message_type | Says where the error should go. The possible message types are as follows:
- 0 - Default. The error is sent to the servers logging system or a file, depending on how the error_log configuration is set in the php.ini file
- 1 - The error is sent by email to the address in the destination parameter. This message type is the only one that uses the headers parameter
- 2 - The error is sent through the PHP debugging connection. This option is only available in PHP 3
- 3 - The error is added to the file destination string
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estination | The destination. Its meaning depends on the message_type parameter as described above. |
extra_headers | The extra headers. It's used when the message_type parameter is set to 1. This message type uses the same internal function as mail() does. |
Return Value
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Example
Following is the usage of this function:
<?php
// Send notification through the server log file if we can not
// connect to the database.
if (!Ora_Logon($username, $password)) {
error_log("Oracle database not available!", 0);
}
// Notify administrator by email if we run out of FOO
if (!($foo = allocate_new_foo())) {
error_log("Big trouble, we're all out of FOOs!", 1,
"operator@example.com");
}
// other ways of calling error_log():
error_log("You messed up!", 2, "127.0.0.1:7000");
error_log("You messed up!", 2, "loghost");
error_log("You messed up!", 3, "/var/tmp/my-errors.log");
?>
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