PHP Logging Question - Error Codes

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I'm making a logging script that will log a visitor's way through the website. For example, it would write to a log file:

[Username (if logged in)]-[IP] requested [Page] at [Time]--received [Error Code] [Error Code Description].

Example output:

Jaxo (127.0.0.1) accessed index.php at 2:05 PM--Received 200 Ok

I can get everything working except the error codes bit (the part after the --).

How can I get error codes and error code definitions from PHP?

Thanks!

A bit off topic, but if you logged just the username and IP you could map it against the server error and access logs rather that duplicating them. If you have control of your webserver setup, or have a nice admin, you can set things up so that your website logs separately from the others on the server. — dnagirl
– dnagirl, Commented Mar 16, 2011 at 18:19

Mike Lewis · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-16 18:19:09Z

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These error codes(200, 404 etc) are generated by your webserver, for example Apache. A way that you can trap these errors is to send these errors to another php script in your .htaccess file, for example.

ErrorDocument 404 /error.php?error=404
ErrorDocument 500 /error.php?error=500
ErrorDocument 402 /error.php?error=402

etc.

Unfortunately you can't have a "catch all" ErrorDocument, so you need to list them one by one.

answered Mar 16, 2011 at 18:19

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Furicane · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-16 18:17:53Z

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Error codes about what? Are you thinking about HTTP status codes?

answered Mar 16, 2011 at 18:17

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