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makopov/simple-log
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A simple log wrapper around syslog, loosely based on PSR-3

v1.0.8(10y ago)137MITPHP

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simple-log
==========

[](#simple-log)

A simple log wrapper around syslog

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0e617220388d6f8eddb963a8440efb0b5481156c2fbab6f3fdb7a8df4d99671d/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636c696d6174652e636f6d2f6769746875622f6d616b6f706f762f73696d706c652d6c6f672f6261646765732f6770612e737667)](https://codeclimate.com/github/makopov/simple-log)

Simple Log is a singleton class that makes logging to syslog very easy.

Get an object instance:

```
$oLogger = SLog::getInstance();
```

Configure application name (optional). If not set syslog will show 'php' as the application name. Good to do upon a bootstrap or init of applications.

```
$oLogger->setApplicationName('MyApp');
```

Now log! Using any of the 8 log level

```
$oLogger->emergency('some message');
$oLogger->alert('some message');
$oLogger->critical('some message');
$oLogger->error('some message');
$oLogger->warning('some message');
$oLogger->notice('some message');
$oLogger->info('some message');
$oLogger->debug('some message');
```

Log messages will appear in syslog (/var/log/messages). By default Simple Log will include the file name and line number of where the log was made from.

Example:

Foo.php

```
function foo() {
    $oLogger->warning('something happened');
}
```

Will show up in syslog like so:

> Feb 26 22:11:47 localhost MyApp: Foo.php:2 - something happened

Thats it! Please submit bugs as you see them. I will add tests in the near future.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

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

Every ~1 days

Total

7

Last Release

3718d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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