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Bug #77913 error_log via syslog: PHP will split msg on line break
Submitted: 2019-04-16 17:35 UTC Modified: 2019-06-17 11:17 UTC
From: whissi at whissi dot de Assigned: ab (profile)
Status: Closed Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 7.3.4 OS:
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 [2019-04-16 17:35 UTC] whissi at whissi dot de
Description:
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PHP 7.3 introduced "syslog.filter" to control content send to syslog.
According to documentation (https://www.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.configuration.php#ini.syslog.filter), "syslog.filter=all" should allow all characters (=same behavior like in PHP 7.2 or before). However, even when set "syslog.filter=all" to allow all characters including line breaks, when you now send a multi-line message via error_log() through syslog, PHP splits message on line break so you end up with multiple messages instead of sending one single message like before.

Test script:
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<?php
$message = "This is line #1" . PHP_EOL;
$message .= "This is line #2";

$iniSetting = ini_get('error_log');
if ($iniSetting !== 'syslog') {
	die("You must set error_log=syslog!");
}

if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7.3', '>')) {
	$iniSetting = ini_get('syslog.filter');
	if ($iniSetting !== 'all') {
		die("You must set syslog.filter=all!");
	}
}

error_log($message);

print "Now please review your syslog!" . PHP_EOL;


Expected result:
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When running test script like

> /usr/bin/php7.3 -d error_log=syslog -d syslog.filter=all test.php

I would expect one single syslog message like

> Apr 16 16:52:06 myhost php: This is line #1#012This is line #2

Actual result:
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I am getting _two_ messages:

> Apr 16 16:53:20 myhost php: This is line #1
> Apr 16 16:53:20 myhost php: This is line #2

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 [2019-04-16 17:40 UTC] whissi at whissi dot de
Even with "syslog.filter=no-ctrl" when you would expect a syslog message like

> Apr 16 16:54:09 myhost php: This is line #1This is line #2

because PHP has filtered control chars like line break, you end up with two messages, so filtering doesn't work as expected.
 [2019-04-16 19:36 UTC] requinix@php.net
Isn't it a good thing that the line break is being recognized and handled?
 [2019-04-16 19:43 UTC] whissi at whissi dot de
Not when this is a backward incompatible change.

Of course, if this was a desired change, please add it to https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration73.incompatible.php and in addition please provide a way to send multi-line messages.
 [2019-04-16 19:49 UTC] whissi at whissi dot de
And if this was a desired change, maybe rename "syslog.filter=no-ctrl" to "syslog.filter=no-ctrl-but-line-breaks" :-)

I.e. you either _filter_ all ctrl chars like the option says or none. But filtering some but handle/interpret others isn't good.
 [2019-04-16 21:42 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: ab
 [2019-04-16 21:42 UTC] requinix@php.net
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/a1f3a0105d885879102d366de506c353a75c8d04

I think the newline treatment is a good thing and probably what the average developer would expect to happen, BC break or not, so IMO this should be a doc bug.
 [2019-04-16 22:30 UTC] spam2 at rhsoft dot net
> I think the newline treatment is a good thing and probably 
> what the average developer would expect to happen

for sure not, i would expect and code that in a away that the new line is replaced by a space because grep and friends don't work very nice with magically wrapped lines
 [2019-06-17 11:17 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 [2019-06-17 11:17 UTC] nikic@php.net
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/4265 adds a new syslog.filter=raw option to not process syslog messages at all -- newlines will be passed through as is.
 
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