i have been using this in a couple of php apps that have log files to log certin events
PHP Example :
<?php
function
writelog ($logentry, $lgname)
{
$logfile = @fopen ($lgname, "a+");
if (!$logfile)
{
echo ("nn ERROR: Failed to open $lgnamenn");
}
else
{
fwrite ($logfile, "[".date ("D M d Y h:iA")."] [$logentry]n");
fclose ($logfile);
}
}
// example
writelog("Somthing just happened", "logfile.txt");