In the past I have created custom log files for my PHP applications, mainly because I’d never bothered to read up on syslog and I wasn’t using it for major stuff.

This time I decided to do the reading and syslog really does have lots of benefits and is just as quick to set up as custom logging.

Anyway, I found this nice overview and examples of how you can use syslog with your application.

Check it out – Using syslog for your php applications