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gbox/minilog
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A dependency free PHP logging utility that just friggin' works :)

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Minilog
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[](#minilog)

A dependency free PHP logging utility that just friggin' works :)

Why yet another logging utility?
--------------------------------

[](#why-yet-another-logging-utility)

I like projects like Monolog, but they lack basic conveniences I like about the native `console.log()` in JavaScript; plus I have a niceities baked into Minilog that you may like as well:

- dependency free
- Each log method accepts N arguments and automagically concatenates them into a log message (just like JS console.log!!! :D)
- automagically JSON encodes arrays and objects (just like JS console.log :P), and tags the output accordingly
- automagically determines which CLI stream to write to; allowing for CLI logging when running on PHP's internal server
- automagically applies color coding of CLI messages based on log level severity
- conditionally allows each logger instance to log the calling file and line number so you know where the log message originated from
- automagically prepends each log file with the Y-M-D for daily log rotation

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

[](#installation)

Open up your favorite CLI and enter the typical `composer require` command:

```
> composer require gbox/minilog
```

BOOM! Now get logging!

Usage:
------

[](#usage)

Using `Minilog` is pretty straightforward. You define a `new \Gbox\Minilog()` class intance, you pass in the name of the logger context, and you may pass an option associative array of options to configure it for your needs.

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