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Antonio Ruiz
Asked: 2020-03-08 04:00:45 +0800 CST 2020-03-08 04:00:45 +0800 CST

How do I show linux errors (syslog) in PHP?

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This code is getting through to me.

<?php   echo '<pre>';
        system('tail -f -n 5 /var/log/syslog');
        echo '</pre>'; 
?>

Other commands I can run fine but this one doesn't work for me.

Is it possible with system to open the syslog file and display it?

php

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    As @Bryro comments you must give at least read permissions to that file:

    open your terminal and put: chmod 644 /var/log/syslogthen in your PHPchange your code to:system('tail -n 5 /var/log/syslog');

    EDIT

    PS: I had not read the last comments. @Bryro post your answer and we'll upvote it and close this one.

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