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    | error_log    (PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5) error_log -- Send an error message somewhereDescriptionbool 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:
       
        Table 1. 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 parameter as described above.
      extra_headers
       The extra headers. It's used when the message
       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");
?> | 
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