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digital-canvas/simple-file-logger
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A simple logger that logs messages to a file.

1.0.0(11y ago)023MITPHP

Since Aug 25Pushed 10y ago2 watchersCompare

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Simple File Logger
==================

[](#simple-file-logger)

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A simple logger that logs messages to a file.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install with composer

```
php composer.phar require digital-canvas/simple-file-logger
```

or add the following to your composer.json

```
"digital-canvas/simple-file-logger" : "dev-master"
```

```
// Create Logger instance
$file = "path/to/log/file.log";
$logger = new SimpleFileLogger($file);

// Log DEBUG message
$logger->debug("DEBUG log message");
$logger->log(SimpleFileLogger::DEBUG, "DEBUG log message");

// Log INFO message
$logger->info("INFO log message");
$logger->log(SimpleFileLogger::INFO, "INFO log message");

// Log NOTICE message
$logger->notice("NOTICE log message");
$logger->log(SimpleFileLogger::NOTICE, "NOTICE log message");

// Log WARNING message
$logger->warning("WARNING log message");
$logger->log(SimpleFileLogger::WARNING, "WARNING log message");

// Log ERROR message
$logger->error("ERROR log message");
$logger->log(SimpleFileLogger::ERROR, "ERROR log message");

// Log CRITICAL message
$logger->critical("CRITICAL log message");
$logger->log(SimpleFileLogger::CRITICAL, "CRITICAL log message");

// Log ALERT message
$logger->alert("ALERT log message");
$logger->log(SimpleFileLogger::ALERT, "ALERT log message");

// Log EMERGENCY message
$logger->emergency("EMERGENCY log message");
$logger->log(SimpleFileLogger::EMERGENCY, "EMERGENCY log message");

// Log with extra data
$logger->log(SimpleFileLogger::INFO, "INFO log message", array('user' => "Bob", "exception" => new Exception()));
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4274d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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