PHP, syslog don't write error message to the error file

Question

I try logging php errors. My code is here:

<?php
  echo ini_get('error_log');          //output D:\xampp\php\logs\php_error_log
  echo ini_get('log_errors');         //output 1
  echo ini_get('error_reporting');    //output 32767= E_ALL

  openlog('myapplication', LOG_PERROR, 0);
  syslog(LOG_ERR, "Something bad has happened");
  closelog();
?>

But, no errors message is put in php_error_log file. Where is the problem? I have MS Windows 7 Professional and PHP Version 5.4.19. Thanks.

Answer 1

Have you checked every other log file in your log folder/locations? From reading http://php.net/manual/en/function.syslog.php it seems that it might not go into php_error_log.

Another point gathered in the documentation is:

On Windows NT, the syslog service is emulated using the Event Log.

I know it says NT but it might have remained the same all this time. You might want to check the event viewer. I am on linux currently but I imagine its something like this:

Control Panel -> Administration -> Event Viewer

Edit: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-vista/open-event-viewer