Send UDP remote syslog message from PHP (RFC 3164)

send_remote_syslog.php

# replace PAPERTRAIL_HOSTNAME and PAPERTRAIL_PORT
# see http://help.papertrailapp.com/ for additional PHP syslog options

function send_remote_syslog($message, $component = "web", $program = "next_big_thing") {
  $sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
  foreach(explode("\n", $message) as $line) {
    $syslog_message = "<22>" . date('M d H:i:s ') . $program . ' ' . $component . ': ' . $line;
    socket_sendto($sock, $syslog_message, strlen($syslog_message), 0, PAPERTRAIL_HOSTNAME, PAPERTRAIL_PORT);
  }
  socket_close($sock);
}

send_remote_syslog("Test");
# send_remote_syslog("Any log message");
# send_remote_syslog("Something just happened", "other-component");
# send_remote_syslog("Something just happened", "a-background-job-name", "whatever-app-name");
?>

Hi is there way how to use this behind application proxy, I can't access internet from app different way than use proxy.

Hi is there way how to use this behind application proxy, I can't access internet from app different way than use proxy.

Not as-is. You might be able to make it work with a UDP-friendly SOCKS server like https://github.com/clue/php-socks, but it's way beyond the scope of anything that's in the code now or practical to discuss here.

I know this is an old snippet however it works for me in a basic IP Bot. However the <22> which is the facility and severity, I get from this grid
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/privileged-access-manager/4-0/reference/messages-and-log-formats/syslog-message-formats/syslog-priority-facility-severity-grid.html