PHP - Function error_log()

Syntax

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

It sends an error message to the web server's error log, a TCP port or to a file.

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	message The error message that should be logged.
2	message_type It 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
3	destination The destination. Its meaning depends on the message_type parameter as described above.
4	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.

It returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

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