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Jul 20.2004

Hello

I have written my own logging mechanism that allows me to send debug messages to a local file.
That worked fine on Windows.

I am now moving my application to a Linux environment and would like to know how can I write my code so that it will work seamlessly on both operating system.

Each operating system defines its file structure differently.

Can I check on what operating system I am running and refer the debug message to the appropriate log file?

Or maybe there is a known (not to me) logging system in PHP that I could utilize. That system would generate log files regardless of the operating system it is used on.

regards
David

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@AdamGundryJul 21.2004 — Would the [url=http://www.php.net/error_log]error_log()[/url] function do what you are looking for?

Adam
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@JavaHead_JonnieJul 21.2004 — Something like:
[code=php]
...

$result = mysql_query($some_query);
if (!result)
{
error_log("Invalid query: " . mysql_error() . "", 3, "/var/tmp/mysql-errors.txt");
}[/code]
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@davidklonskiauthorJul 21.2004 — this solution would work fine on a Linux.

What if I would want the system to run seamlessly on both Linux and Window?
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