syslog
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
syslog — Generate a system log message
Description
$priority
, string $message
) : boolsyslog() generates a log message that will be distributed by the system logger.
For information on setting up a user defined log handler, see the syslog.conf (5) Unix manual page. More information on the syslog facilities and option can be found in the man pages for syslog (3) on Unix machines.
Parameters
-
priority
-
priority
is a combination of the facility and the level. Possible values are:syslog() Priorities (in descending order) Constant Description LOG_EMERG
system is unusable LOG_ALERT
action must be taken immediately LOG_CRIT
critical conditions LOG_ERR
error conditions LOG_WARNING
warning conditions LOG_NOTICE
normal, but significant, condition LOG_INFO
informational message LOG_DEBUG
debug-level message -
message
-
The message to send, except that the two characters %m will be replaced by the error message string (strerror) corresponding to the present value of errno.
Examples
Example #1 Using syslog()
<?php
// open syslog, include the process ID and also send
// the log to standard error, and use a user defined
// logging mechanism
openlog("myScriptLog", LOG_PID | LOG_PERROR, LOG_LOCAL0);
// some code
if (authorized_client()) {
// do something
} else {
// unauthorized client!
// log the attempt
$access = date("Y/m/d H:i:s");
syslog(LOG_WARNING, "Unauthorized client: $access {$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']} ({$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']})");
}
closelog();
?>
Notes
On Windows NT, the syslog service is emulated using the Event Log.
Note:
Use of LOG_LOCAL0 through LOG_LOCAL7 for the
facility
parameter of openlog() is not available in Windows.
See Also
- openlog() - Open connection to system logger
- closelog() - Close connection to system logger
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