How to do error logging in CodeIgniter (PHP)

Better Stack Team
Updated on November 23, 2022

Code igniter has logging capabilities built-in. Make sure you do the following:

  • Make your /application/logs folder writable
  • In /application/config/config.php set the following:
 
$config['log_threshold'] = 1;
  • Use the following syntax to log a message:
 
log_message('error', 'Some variable did not contain a value.');
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