How can PHP in a template write to the EE errorlog?
Development and Programming
EE 1.70
I’ve got a bit of custom PHP scripting in a template, and there’s a certain condition that - if it occurs - I want to know about it. In pseudo-script:
if ($x == $bad_value)
{
write_to_error_log("Warning! Variable X had a bad value!");
}What’s the easiest way to do this, and is there a way to have it show up along with usual EE template errors (since it really would be a template error, despite being PHP)?
[Mod Edit: Moved to the Development and Programming forum]
There is:
$this->EE->TMPL->log_item('what you are loggin');That will print to the template debugging log.
Perfect, thanks! Do I need…
global $TMPL;…or is that automatic since I’m in a template already?
in EE 1.7 it would be:
global $TMPL;
$TMPL->log_item('what you are loggin');in EE 1.7 it would be:global $TMPL; $TMPL->log_item('what you are loggin');
Ahh, thanks - that solved the problem I’d been having. 😊
I have the same issue but I am trying to log from an extension I am writing for the SAFE Cracker hook “safecracker_submit_entry_end”. I use the log_item method but it throws the php error as described above.
$this->EE->TMPL->log_item("debug:email = ".$msg);I tried to load the template library but get the same error. Any suggestions?
EE 2.1.1
How are you loading the template library? Can you post a code snippet?
$this->EE->load->model('template_model');I also tried the following as it seems more obvious …
$this->EE->template_model->log_item("exp:exhibit:debug:email = ".$msg);.. with the same result.
Thanks!
Try this:
$this->EE->load->library('Template', null, 'TMPL');
$this->EE->TMPL->log_item("exp:exhibit:debug:email = ".$msg);Looks like that is working. I should have figured this out. Clearly the model does not have the log_item function. It is the library that has it. Also answers my question where those symbols are coming from like TMPL and DB, etc. Are they only local to the function / class that creates them our are they global in scope? Thanks!
Thanks for your help!
They are global.