Simple logger for PHP

error_logger.php

<?php 

# Put this function in the main directory of your project
# Logs the messages in the php error log file

function log_write($logMsg, $printR = false, $useNewLines = true) {
	$debug = debug_backtrace();
	$file = str_replace(dirname(__FILE__), '', $debug[0]['file'] ?? '');
	$line = $debug[0]['line'] ?? 'NULL';
	$addition = '';
	if (!is_string($logMsg)) {
		if (is_array($logMsg) && $printR) {
			$logMsg = print_r($logMsg, true);
		} else {
			$addition = '| JSON ENCODED';
			$logMsg = json_encode($logMsg);
		}
	}
	$newLine = $useNewLines ? PHP_EOL : '';
	error_log(
		"DEBUG LOG: line $line in $file $addition $newLine" . $logMsg,
		0
	);
}