phpjs/experimental/errorfunc/error_log.js

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function error_log(message, message_type, destination, extra_headers) {
  // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
  // +   original by: Paul Hutchinson (http://restaurantthing.com/)
  // +   revised by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // %          note 1: The dependencies, mail(), syslog(), and file_put_contents()
  // %          note 1: are either not fullly implemented or implemented at all
  // -    depends on: mail
  // -    depends on: syslog
  // -    depends on: file_put_contents
  // *     example 1: error_log('Oops!');
  // *     returns 1: true

  var that = this,
      _sapi = function() { // SAPI logging (we treat console as the "server" logging; the
        // syslog option could do so potentially as well)
            if (!that.window.console || !that.window.console.log) {
          return false;
            }
            that.window.console.log(message);
            return true;
      };
  message_type = message_type || 0;

  switch (message_type) {
    case 1: // Email
      var subject = 'PHP error_log message'; // Apparently no way to customize the subject
      return this.mail(destination, subject, message, extra_headers);
    case 2: // No longer an option in PHP, but had been to send via TCP/IP to 'destination' (name or IP:port)
      // use socket_create() and socket_send()?
      return false;
    case 0: // syslog or file depending on ini
      var log = this.php_js && this.php_js.ini && this.php_js.ini.error_log && this.php_js.ini.error_log.local_value;
      if (!log) {
        return _sapi();
      }
      if (log === 'syslog') {
        return this.syslog(4, message); // presumably 'LOG_ERR' (4) is correct?
      }
      destination = log;
    // Fall-through
    case 3: // File logging
      var ret = this.file_put_contents(destination, message, 8); // FILE_APPEND (8)
      return ret === false ? false : true;
    case 4: // SAPI logging
      return _sapi();
    default: // Unrecognized value
      return false;
  }
  return false; // Shouldn't get here
}