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The remaining argument is the message to send, except that the two characters <TT CLASS="literal" >%m</TT > will be replaced by the error message string (strerror) corresponding to the present value of <SPAN CLASS="errortype" >errno</SPAN >. </P ><P > <DIV CLASS="table" ><A NAME="AEN61026" ></A ><P ><B >Table 1. <B CLASS="function" >syslog()</B > Priorities (in descending order)</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><THEAD ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Constant</TH ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Description</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >LOG_EMERG</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >system is unusable</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >LOG_ALERT</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >action must be taken immediately</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >LOG_CRIT</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >critical conditions</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >LOG_ERR</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >error conditions</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >LOG_WARNING</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >warning conditions</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >LOG_NOTICE</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >normal, but significant, condition</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >LOG_INFO</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >informational message</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >LOG_DEBUG</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE" >debug-level message</TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV > </P ><P > <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" CLASS="EXAMPLE" ><TR ><TD ><DIV CLASS="example" ><A NAME="AEN61060" ></A ><P ><B >Example 1. Using <B CLASS="function" >syslog()</B ></B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" CELLPADDING="5" ><TR ><TD ><PRE CLASS="php" ><?php define_syslog_variables(); // open syslog, include the process ID and also send // the log to standard error, and use a user defined // logging mechanism openlog("myScripLog", LOG_PID | LOG_PERROR, LOG_LOCAL0); // some code if (authorized_client()) { // do something } else { // unauthorized client! // log the attempt $access = date("Y/m/d H:i:s"); syslog(LOG_WARNING,"Unauthorized client: $access $REMOTE_ADDR ($HTTP_USER_AGENT)"); } closelog(); ?></PRE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > For information on setting up a user defined log handler, see the <SPAN CLASS="citerefentry" ><SPAN CLASS="refentrytitle" >syslog.conf</SPAN >(5)</SPAN > Unix manual page. More information on the syslog facilities and option can be found in the man pages for <SPAN CLASS="citerefentry" ><SPAN CLASS="refentrytitle" >syslog</SPAN >(3)</SPAN > on Unix machines. </P ><P > On Windows NT, the syslog service is emulated using the Event Log. </P ><DIV CLASS="note" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="note" ><P ><B >Note: </B > Use of <TT CLASS="literal" >LOG_LOCAL0</TT > through <TT CLASS="literal" >LOG_LOCAL7</TT > for the <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >facility</I ></TT > parameter of <A HREF="function.openlog.html" ><B CLASS="function" >openlog()</B ></A > is not available in Windows. </P ></BLOCKQUOTE ></DIV ><P > See also <A HREF="function.define-syslog-variables.html" ><B CLASS="function" >define_syslog_variables()</B ></A >, <A HREF="function.openlog.html" ><B CLASS="function" >openlog()</B ></A > and <A HREF="function.closelog.html" ><B CLASS="function" >closelog()</B ></A >. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.socket-set-timeout.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ref.ncurses.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >socket_set_timeout</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ref.network.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Ncurses terminal screen control functions</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >