error_log

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
Send an error message to the defined error handling routines
bool error_log ( string $message [, int $message_type = 0 [, string $destination [, string $extra_headers ]]] )

Sends an error message to the web server's error log or to a file.

Parameters:
message

The error message that should be logged.

message_type

Says where the error should go. The possible message types are as follows:

error_log() log types
0 message is sent to PHP's system logger, using the Operating System's system logging mechanism or a file, depending on what the error_log configuration directive is set to. This is the default option.
1 message is sent by email to the address in the destination parameter. This is the only message type where the fourth parameter, extra_headers is used.
2 No longer an option.
3 message is appended to the file destination. A newline is not automatically added to the end of the message string.
4 message is sent directly to the SAPI logging handler.
destination

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.

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Changelog:
5.2.7

The possible value of 4 was added to message_type.

Examples:
error_log() examples
<?php
// Send notification through the server log 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");
}

// another way to call error_log():
error_log("You messed up!", 3, "/var/tmp/my-errors.log");
?>

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2016-02-24 15:53:49
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