Adding docblock for the new variable used for logging. Making the CakeLog::handleError logs the same output as in Debugger::handleError.

app/config/core.php

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  * @lastmodified  $Date$
  * @license       http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php The MIT License
  */
+
 /**
  * CakePHP Debug Level:
  *
@@ -39,10 +40,27 @@
  * In development mode, you need to click the flash message to continue.
  */
 	Configure::write('debug', 2);
+
+/**
+ * CakePHP Log Level:
+ *
+ * In case of Production Mode CakePHP gives you the possibility to continue logging errors.
+ *
+ * The following parameters can be used:
+ *  Boolean: Set true/false to activate/deactivate logging
+ *    Configure::write('log', true);
+ *
+ *  Integer: Use built-in PHP constants to set the error level (see error_reporting)
+ *    Configure::write('log', E_ERROR | E_WARNING);
+ *    Configure::write('log', E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
+ */
+	Configure::write('log', true);
+
 /**
  * Application wide charset encoding
  */
 	Configure::write('App.encoding', 'UTF-8');
+
 /**
  * To configure CakePHP *not* to use mod_rewrite and to
  * use CakePHP pretty URLs, remove these .htaccess
@@ -55,6 +73,7 @@
  * And uncomment the App.baseUrl below:
  */
 	//Configure::write('App.baseUrl', env('SCRIPT_NAME'));
+
 /**
  * Uncomment the define below to use CakePHP admin routes.
  *
@@ -71,6 +90,7 @@
  *
  */
 	//Configure::write('Cache.disable', true);
+
 /**
  * Enable cache checking.
  *
@@ -81,11 +101,13 @@
  *
  */
 	//Configure::write('Cache.check', true);
+
 /**
  * Defines the default error type when using the log() function. Used for
  * differentiating error logging and debugging. Currently PHP supports LOG_DEBUG.
  */
 	define('LOG_ERROR', 2);
+
 /**
  * The preferred session handling method. Valid values:
  *
@@ -101,6 +123,7 @@
  *
  */
 	Configure::write('Session.save', 'php');
+
 /**
  * The model name to be used for the session model.
  *
@@ -109,6 +132,7 @@
  * The model name set here should *not* be used elsewhere in your application.
  */
 	//Configure::write('Session.model', 'Session');
+
 /**
  * The name of the table used to store CakePHP database sessions.
  *
@@ -122,30 +146,36 @@
  * [Note: Session.table is deprecated as of CakePHP 1.3]
  */
 	//Configure::write('Session.table', 'cake_sessions');
+
 /**
  * The DATABASE_CONFIG::$var to use for database session handling.
  *
  * 'Session.save' must be set to 'database' in order to utilize this constant.
  */
 	//Configure::write('Session.database', 'default');
+
 /**
  * The name of CakePHP's session cookie.
  */
 	Configure::write('Session.cookie', 'CAKEPHP');
+
 /**
  * Session time out time (in seconds).
  * Actual value depends on 'Security.level' setting.
  */
 	Configure::write('Session.timeout', '120');
+
 /**
  * If set to false, sessions are not automatically started.
  */
 	Configure::write('Session.start', true);
+
 /**
  * When set to false, HTTP_USER_AGENT will not be checked
  * in the session
  */
 	Configure::write('Session.checkAgent', true);
+
 /**
  * The level of CakePHP security. The session timeout time defined
  * in 'Session.timeout' is multiplied according to the settings here.
@@ -159,10 +189,12 @@
  * 'Security.level' is set to 'high'.
  */
 	Configure::write('Security.level', 'high');
+
 /**
  * A random string used in security hashing methods.
  */
 	Configure::write('Security.salt', 'DYhG93b0qyJfIxfs2guVoUubWwvniR2G0FgaC9mi');
+
 /**
  * Compress CSS output by removing comments, whitespace, repeating tags, etc.
  * This requires a/var/cache directory to be writable by the web server for caching.
@@ -171,6 +203,7 @@
  * To use, prefix the CSS link URL with '/ccss/' instead of '/css/' or use HtmlHelper::css().
  */
 	//Configure::write('Asset.filter.css', 'css.php');
+
 /**
  * Plug in your own custom JavaScript compressor by dropping a script in your webroot to handle the
  * output, and setting the config below to the name of the script.
@@ -178,17 +211,20 @@
  * To use, prefix your JavaScript link URLs with '/cjs/' instead of '/js/' or use JavaScriptHelper::link().
  */
 	//Configure::write('Asset.filter.js', 'custom_javascript_output_filter.php');
+
 /**
  * The classname and database used in CakePHP's
  * access control lists.
  */
 	Configure::write('Acl.classname', 'DbAcl');
 	Configure::write('Acl.database', 'default');
+
 /**
  * If you are on PHP 5.3 uncomment this line and correct your server timezone
  * to fix the date & time related errors.
  */
 	//date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
+
 /**
  *
  * Cache Engine Configuration

cake/console/templates/skel/config/core.php

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 /* SVN FILE: $Id$ */
-
 /**
  * This is core configuration file.
  *
@@ -42,6 +41,21 @@
  */
 	Configure::write('debug', 2);
 
+/**
+ * CakePHP Log Level:
+ *
+ * In case of Production Mode CakePHP gives you the possibility to continue logging errors.
+ *
+ * The following parameters can be used:
+ *  Boolean: Set true/false to activate/deactivate logging
+ *    Configure::write('log', true);
+ *
+ *  Integer: Use built-in PHP constants to set the error level (see error_reporting)
+ *    Configure::write('log', E_ERROR | E_WARNING);
+ *    Configure::write('log', E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
+ */
+	Configure::write('log', true);
+
 /**
  * Application wide charset encoding
  */
@@ -104,17 +118,32 @@
  * To define a custom session handler, save it at /app/config/<name>.php.
  * Set the value of 'Session.save' to <name> to utilize it in CakePHP.
  *
- * To use database sessions, execute the SQL file found at /app/config/sql/sessions.sql.
+ * To use database sessions, run the app/config/schema/sessions.php schema using
+ * the cake shell command: cake schema run create Sessions
  *
  */
 	Configure::write('Session.save', 'php');
 
+/**
+ * The model name to be used for the session model.
+ *
+ * 'Session.save' must be set to 'database' in order to utilize this constant.
+ *
+ * The model name set here should *not* be used elsewhere in your application.
+ */
+	//Configure::write('Session.model', 'Session');
+
 /**
  * The name of the table used to store CakePHP database sessions.
  *
  * 'Session.save' must be set to 'database' in order to utilize this constant.
  *
  * The table name set here should *not* include any table prefix defined elsewhere.
+ *
+ * Please note that if you set a value for Session.model (above), any value set for
+ * Session.table will be ignored.
+ *
+ * [Note: Session.table is deprecated as of CakePHP 1.3]
  */
 	//Configure::write('Session.table', 'cake_sessions');
 
@@ -195,6 +224,7 @@
  * to fix the date & time related errors.
  */
 	//date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
+
 /**
  *
  * Cache Engine Configuration

cake/libs/cake_log.php

@@ -118,23 +118,26 @@ class CakeLog {
 			case E_CORE_ERROR:
 			case E_COMPILE_ERROR:
 			case E_USER_ERROR:
+				$error = 'Fatal Error';
 				$level = LOG_ERROR;
 			break;
 			case E_WARNING:
 			case E_USER_WARNING:
 			case E_COMPILE_WARNING:
 			case E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR:
+				$error = 'Warning';
 				$level = LOG_WARNING;
 			break;
 			case E_NOTICE:
 			case E_USER_NOTICE:
+				$error = 'Notice';
 				$level = LOG_NOTICE;
 			break;
 			default:
-				return false;
+				return;
 			break;
 		}
-		$message = '(' . $code . ') ' . $description . ' in [' . $file . ', line ' . $line . ']';
+		$message = $error . ' (' . $code . '): ' . $description . ' in [' . $file . ', line ' . $line . ']';
 		CakeLog::write($level, $message);
 	}
 }

cake/libs/debugger.php

@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$level = LOG_DEBUG;
 		switch ($code) {
 			case E_PARSE:
 			case E_ERROR:
@@ -297,7 +296,7 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
 				$level = LOG_NOTICE;
 			break;
 			default:
-				return false;
+				return;
 			break;
 		}
 

cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_log.test.php

@@ -60,14 +60,13 @@ class CakeLogTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		Configure::write('log', E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED);
 		Configure::write('debug', 0);
 
-		$logger = new CakeLog();
+		set_error_handler(array('CakeLog', 'handleError'));
-		Debugger::invoke($logger);
 		$out .= '';
 
 		$result = file(LOGS . 'debug.log');
 		$this->assertEqual(count($result), 1);
 		$this->assertPattern(
-			'/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} Notice: \(8\) Undefined variable: out in \[.+ line \d{2}\]$/', 
+			'/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} Debug: Notice \(8\): Undefined variable: out in \[.+ line \d{2}\]$/',
 			$result[0]
 		);
 		@unlink(LOGS . 'debug.log');