Re: ob_start: Capturing STDOUT and STDERR

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On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Greg Sims <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey There,
>
>  I looked at the ob_start manual and found a segment of code that can be used
>  to capture the output of a shell script and place it into a log file.  One
>  of the entries indicates this should work for both STDOUT and STDERR
>  (29-Mar-2007).  I wrote the following piece of code to test it out.
>
>  function logger($buffer)
>       {
>                 $handle = fopen('/var/log/test.log', 'a');
>                 fwrite($handle, $buffer);
>                 fclose($handle);
>       }
>
>       ob_start("logger");
>
>  This will capture the output buffer until the shell terminates when the
>  buffer is dumped to the test.log file.  This is a simple mechanism and it
>  works really well to keep STDOUT from going to the console and logging it.
>  Unfortunately, STDERR continues to go to the console which is what I am
>  working to avoid.
>
>  I would like to capture STDOUT and STDERR using this technique. I am working
>  to create a self contained script that does not rely on some external script
>  to capture the output.  The actual application needs to perform some
>  post-processing of the output buffer at the end of the script.
>
>  Any pointers in the correct direction would be helpful!  Thanks, Greg
>
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You could use set_error_handler() and make your own function to echo
out the error.

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-Casey

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