1 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/application/Utils.php b/application/Utils.php
index ac8bfbfc..10d60698 100644
--- a/application/Utils.php
+++ b/application/Utils.php
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@
  */
 
 /**
+ * Logs a message to a text file
+ *
+ * The log format is compatible with fail2ban.
+ *
+ * @param string $logFile  where to write the logs
+ * @param string $clientIp the client's remote IPv4/IPv6 address
+ * @param string $message  the message to log
+ */
+function logm($logFile, $clientIp, $message)
+{
+    file_put_contents(
+        $logFile,
+        date('Y/m/d H:i:s').' - '.$clientIp.' - '.strval($message).PHP_EOL,
+        FILE_APPEND
+    );
+}
+
+/**
  *  Returns the small hash of a string, using RFC 4648 base64url format
  *
  *  Small hashes:
@@ -64,12 +82,14 @@ function sanitizeLink(&$link)
 
 /**
  * Checks if a string represents a valid date
+
+ * @param string $format The expected DateTime format of the string
+ * @param string $string A string-formatted date
+ *
+ * @return bool whether the string is a valid date
  *
- * @param string        a string-formatted date
- * @param format        the expected DateTime format of the string
- * @return              whether the string is a valid date
- * @see                 http://php.net/manual/en/class.datetime.php
- * @see                 http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php
+ * @see http://php.net/manual/en/class.datetime.php
+ * @see http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php
  */
 function checkDateFormat($format, $string)
 {