# error_log

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

error_log — Send an error message somewhere

### Description

bool error_log ( string `$message` [, int `$message_type` [, string `$destination` [, string `$extra_headers` ]]] )

Sends an error message to the web server's error log, a TCP port 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 | `message` is sent through the PHP debugging connection. This option is only available if remote debugging has been enabled. In this case, the `destination` parameter specifies the host name or IP address and optionally, port number, of the socket receiving the debug information. This option is only available in PHP 3.
  3 | `message` is appended to the file `destination` . A newline is not automatically added to the end of the `message` string.

`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.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 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");
}
// 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");
?>`