Question
How to get runtime logs with PHP on App Platform with/without log forwarding (Logtail)?
- Posted on September 2, 2024
- DigitalOcean App PlatformApp Platform
Asked by ktWhale
I’ve tried various ways of getting “Runtime Logs” to output anything app-related from my PHP project, for example:
error_log("This is a runtime error log message");
fwrite(STDOUT, "This is a runtime log message\n");
But I’m not getting this anywhere in Runtime Logs whenever I invoke my function. I also set up Log Forward with Logtail but nothing appears there.
I’m wondering what I’m doing wrong?
Basically want I want, is to log certain events as my function runs, to help in debugging etc.
Thanks.
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Hey!
I’ve just tested this with this simple PHP app here:
I’ve forked that project and added a
error_logline here:And the
error_log("This is a runtime error log message");worked for me:Is your project open-source by any chance? If so can you share a link here so I can take a quick look?
If the project is not open-source, feel free to share more details on your exact setup or framework that you are using.
- Bobby