# Logstash send data to php

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 16, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916 "2020-05-16T10:37:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![katara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/katara/32/60143_2.png) [@katara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/katara)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/1 "2020-05-16T10:37:04Z")

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Hi,  
Im trying to send my data to a php input, but i have a few questions:

Here's my config:

```
> input {
> tcp {
> port => 8443
> codec => json_lines { charset => CP1252 }
> }
> }
> filter
> {
> ruby { code => 'event.set("logmessage", Base64.encode64(event.get("Message")))' }
> ruby { code => 'event.set("device", Base64.encode64(event.get("host")))' }
> ruby { code => 'event.set("sev", Base64.encode64(event.get("Severity")))' }
> ruby { code => 'event.set("tagpath", Base64.encode64(event.get("tag_filepath")))' }
> ruby { code => 'event.set("appname", Base64.encode64(event.get("ApplicationName")))' }
> }
> output {
> if [ApplicationName] == "OASIS"
> {
> elasticsearch {
> hosts => ["10.16.5.2:9200"]
> user => "elastic"
> password => "elk@123"
> index => "apps"
> }
> }
> else
> {
> elasticsearch {
> hosts => ["10.16.5.2:9200"]
> user => "elastic"
> password => "changeme"
> index => "errors"
> }
> }
> if [Severity] == "Error"
> {
> exec
> {
> command => "php tcp.php %{logmessage} %{$device} %{sev} %{tagpath} %{appname}"
> }
> }
> stdout { codec => rubydebug }
> }

```

My php send these ina json format to an api url.

1. I tried to encode the fields with base64 in ruby.  
since my command is

`> php /etc/logstash/conf.d/tcp.php %{logmessage} %{$device} %{sev} %{tagpath} %{appname}`

if the message is something like this:

`> 2020-01-01 23:45:45,034 Failed to reload application URL`

then the spaces might be taken wrongly as next element as

> ```
> > logmessage: 2020-01-01
> > device: 23:45:45:,034 
> > and so on., which is not my expectation.
> 
> ```

Is this a fair expectation and if yes, is my encoding method right?

1. After i did this, no data has been sent to the url.  
I tested my php on command line with sample inputs, which worked fine.  
What am i missing?

Please provide me your suggestions and help.

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/2 "2020-05-16T16:48:59Z")

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Can you show an example of an event output using rubydebug?

BTW, you set the field [device] but reference [$device]

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**Author:** ![katara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/katara/32/60143_2.png) [@katara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/katara)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/3 "2020-05-16T19:56:47Z")

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@badger,  
Noted, Thank you!  
My logstash output is something like this,  
I mapped my output to a file and got this. The messages may always vary, but here it goes.

`> {"@version":"1","host":"strproelk03","message":"Retrying 99.61 - - [12/May/2020:23:24:06 -0600] \"GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.1\" 404 443 208","ApplicationName":"Oasis","Severity":"ERROR","@timestamp":"2020-05-16T19:46:25.908Z","tagfile_path":"/etc/logstash/conf.d/nodejs/node.log","EventReceivedTime":"2020-05-16T19:46:25.908Z"}`

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/4 "2020-05-16T21:00:15Z")

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Firstly, "ERROR" != "Error", so that message would not go to the exec output. Secondly, that event has a [message] field, but not a [Message] field.

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**Author:** ![katara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/katara/32/60143_2.png) [@katara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/katara)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/5 "2020-05-16T21:29:49Z")

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@Badger thank you very much! Corrected ERROR, device and Message to match the same as my inputs. Is the ruby filter done right?

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/6 "2020-05-16T22:53:40Z")

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> [@katara](#):
>
> Is the ruby filter done right?

It looks reasonable to me. Although I would do it all in one filter...

```
ruby {
    code => '
        event.set("logmessage", Base64.encode64(event.get("Message")))
        event.set("device", Base64.encode64(event.get("host")))
        event.set("sev", Base64.encode64(event.get("Severity")))
        event.set("tagpath", Base64.encode64(event.get("tag_filepath")))
        event.set("appname", Base64.encode64(event.get("ApplicationName")))
    '
}

```

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**Author:** ![katara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/katara/32/60143_2.png) [@katara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/katara)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/8 "2020-05-18T04:51:53Z")

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@Badger,  
I think the data in the ruby fields is not getting added. i dont see them in Es.  
Should the calling of the column be any different as [message] or anything?

is there a different usage for my data push? I think something is wrong here in this case.

`

> command =\> "php tcp.php %{logmessage} %{$device} %{sev} %{tagpath} %{appname}"

`

I tried sending data directly from my php file,  
as

> php tcp.php messagesample deveice1 error /elk logstash

and this sent the message successfully.

Please help me resolve this.

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**Author:** ![katara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/katara/32/60143_2.png) [@katara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/katara)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/9 "2020-05-18T09:46:58Z")

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Update: I see the data in ES, but sill not passed to the php file.  
@Badger

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/10 "2020-05-18T15:07:27Z")

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Enable loglevel debug and check the logstash logs to see what stderr and stdout look like when the command is exec'd.

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**Author:** ![katara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/katara/32/60143_2.png) [@katara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/katara)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/11 "2020-05-18T15:10:38Z")

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@Badger I think i found the issue,  
For some reason, it is not taking up un manipulated fields.

So I did a mutate gsub just as with no reason to remove some slashes, etc.  
Once It flowed through it, i was able to get this successful.

weirdly, that's how it worked out for me!

Thank you for helping me out figure this all out! 🙂

Katara!

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-send-data-to-php/232916/12 "2020-06-15T15:10:42Z")

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