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PHP error_log to syslog to a custom file pipe to tail your errors.

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So i wanted to spit all my error_log(); and error_reporting(E_ALL); to syslog on my MacOSX and syslog would output it on a custom file.

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Copy this code and paste it in your HTML 
  1. use this line so all your errors are logged.
  2. <?php
  3. error_reporting(E_ALL);
  4. ?>
  5.  
  6. go to your php.ini and set the following:
  7. error_log = syslog
  8.  
  9. go to your apache.conf (httpd.conf) and set the following:
  10. ErrorLog syslog:local3
  11.  
  12. go to your syslog.conf and set the following at the very end of the file:
  13. local3.*   /var/log/httpd-php.log
  14.  
  15. then look for a line like this: 
  16. *.notice;authpriv,remoteauth,ftp,install,internal.none      /var/log/system.log
  17.  
  18. and add local3.none
  19. *.notice;authpriv,remoteauth,ftp,install,internal.none      /var/log/system.log
  20.  
  21. this will make sure httpd php errors won't log to your /var/log/system.log file that's reserved for your machine logs.
  22.  
  23. and you are set
  24.  
  25. when you want to log something, use error_log(); example:
  26. error_log("Error: " .$user. " is not authenticated");
  27.  
  28. and then to view your errors in real time:
  29. tail -F /var/log/httpd-php.log 
  30.  
  31. you can also color this using "colorize" on OSX/FreeBSD or "ccze" on Linux.
  32.  
  33. enjoy!

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