Get path to the file STDOUT is redirected to in PHP command line script

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I have a PHP script run from the command line like this: php test.php >> output.log. My output.log file has increased in size and I would like to implement some sort of rotation (archiving and truncating it when a certain condition is met). How can I do this, if I don't know the path to the file from within the code of the script, because it's set when it's called?

I see you can do it in Python as explained here: Is there a way to find out the name of the file stdout is redirected to in Python

CodeCaster · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-16 08:25:02Z

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You can't, at least not using >>, because that way PHP does not know where its output goes.

You'd have to implement it in PHP itself.

answered Dec 16, 2011 at 8:25

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bogdan Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer. Maybe the Python link gives someone else a clue.

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