without causing any log message, the additional information is not logged
either.</p>
- <p>It can happen that some format string items do not produce output. For
+ <p>It can happen that some format specifiers do not produce output. For
example, the Referer header is only present if the log message is
associated to a request and the log message happens at a time when the
Referer header has already been read from the client. If no output is
produced, the default behavior is to delete everything from the preceding
space character to the next space character. This means the format string is
implicitly divided into fields on non-whitespace to whitespace transitions.
- If a format string item does not produce output, the whole field is
+ If a format specifier does not produce output, the whole field is
omitted. For example, if the remote address <code>%a</code> in the log
format <code>[%t] [%l] [%a] %M </code> is not available, the surrounding
brackets are not logged either. Space characters can be escaped with a
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- <p>Some format string items accept additional parameters in braces.</p>
+ <p>Some format specifiers accept additional parameters in braces.</p>
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