Comments on: Write to a log file with PHP

By: asartalo

asartalo — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:42:26 +0000

Nice script! I've modified your logger class so that I can pass a different log file to use in the constructor. Thanks for sharing!

By: dbunic

dbunic — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:36:33 +0000

This is simple function and only one line is written per logging so I assume that concurrency (file locking) wasn't needed in such case. Anyway, PHP has flock function and is possible to extend Logging class to support file locking. And about file_put_contents ... You're probably right, but file_put_contents is available since PHP5 so this will not work on PHP4 engines - on the other hand, who still uses PHP4

By: Dynamic CSS

Dynamic CSS — Tue, 25 May 2010 03:34:43 +0000

Thanks for sharing. Though couple questions. Do you run in any concurency issues? Shoul'd you lock the file? (Not sure how it is done with PHP). Also, isn't similar can be achieved simply by using
file_put_contents function?

By: fred

fred — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:12:38 +0000

wow, great job, thank you for publishing this

By: aravin

aravin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:56:16 +0000

hello, i'm still beginner in php. i want my php to use data in log file and filter it on linux platform. For example i want my php to take data in log file in my honeypot. then the raw data will be filter into certain category. can anybody help me because i need to use it into my project.

By: dbunic

dbunic — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:16:50 +0000

@Abhishek - My intention was to write log PHP output to the ordinary file and to read it with text editor (like vi). But if you want to read log file with browser - you can modify PHP script to wrap lines with ... This lines will be red.

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:59:41 +0000

This is very nice!!
Now I want to put the error lines in red colour should it be possible?

By: dbunic

dbunic — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:50:30 +0000

@viettel - Yes you can read any file with PHP if you have read permissions. Please be aware that access_log can be huge (like 100MB or more) and reading / processing will be resource intensive task.

By: viettel

viettel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:19:36 +0000

can i read a log file created by a web serve?

By: Fladi

Fladi — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:04:23 +0000

Hi! thanks for shareing this class. Exactely what I was looking for.