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gordonzero/monolog-db
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Laravel 5.6 Monolog custom database channel

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Laravel 5.6 Monolog Database Handler.
-------------------------------------

[](#laravel-56-monolog-database-handler)

This package will log errors into a database instead storage/log/laravel.log file.

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require gordonzero/monolog-db

```

Open up `config/logging.php` and find the `channels` key. Add the following channel to the list.

```
'database' => [
    'driver' => 'custom',
    'via'=> \Logger\DatabaseLogger::class,
    'table'=> env('DB_LOG_TABLE', 'logs'),
    'connection' => env('DB_LOG_CONNECTION', env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql')),
],

```

Set up Environment Variables (see Below).

Migrate the tables.

```
php artisan migrate

```

Database Engines
----------------

[](#database-engines)

Make sure before you migrate the table that you have set the envirment veriable for the database engine. This is done by adding the following line to the `.env` file

```
DB_LOG_ENGINE=InnoDB

```

To use the whatever the default database engine is or to specify no database engine during the table migration use the following

```
DB_LOG_ENGINE=NONE

```

Environment configuration
-------------------------

[](#environment-configuration)

If you wish to change default table name to write the log into add the following definition in your `.env` file

```
DB_LOG_TABLE=logs

```

To change the database connection that is used to wright the logs add the following definition to your `.env` file

```
DB_LOG_CONNECTION=mysql

```

To make sure you are using the `database` channel for logging add it to the stack in your `config\logging.php` or change the following in your `.env` file

```
LOG_CHANNEL=database

```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Based on:

- \[Mark Hilton\] ()
- \[Pedro Fornaza\] ()

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

2951d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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