Question

Which function is responsible for sending a custom message to the system log?

(a) systemlog()

(b) syslog()

(c) log_system()

(d) sys_log()

The question was posed to me during an interview for a job.

Query is from Error Handling topic in division Error Handling and Exception Handling in PHP of PHP

Answer 1

Right choice is (b) syslog()

For explanation I would say: The function syslog() generates a log message that will be distributed by the system logger.