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Bug #28722 syslog() logs garbage
Submitted: 2004-06-10 09:53 UTC Modified: 2004-06-15 10:19 UTC
From: jjarven at softers dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 4.3.7 OS: Linux 2.4.26
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-06-10 09:53 UTC] jjarven at softers dot net
Description:
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Note; this might relate to Bug 17648, thus have been around for a while. Hopefully bug will be finally fixed.

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Logging messages to system log with plain syslog() (i.e. without using openlog() and define_syslog_variables())creates random garbage/text from memory preceding the actual message.

Example:
A line in any php-file:

syslog(LOG_NOTICE,"insert text here");

/var/log/messages showed:
Jun 10 08:34:30 mail ='crc' VALUE=': insert text here

The preceding text varies, sometimes it is correct (=nothing), sometimes it's longer.

The problem can be solved like this:
define_syslog_variables();
openlog('Info:',LOG_ODELAY,LOG_USER);
syslog(LOG_NOTICE,"insert text here")
->
Jun 10 08:36:12 mail Info: insert text here
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Server is Apache 1.3.31 and php compiled as module.


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 [2004-06-11 15:36 UTC] iliaa@php.net
Cannot replicate the bug, moreover you should not be 
calling syslog() without prior openlog() &  
define_syslog_variables() calls. 
 [2004-06-15 10:19 UTC] jjarven at softers dot net
php.net and openlog();
->
"openlog() is optional. It will automatically be called by syslog() if necessary, in which case ident will default to FALSE."

A Documentation problem then?
 
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