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mattmezza/logger
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Lightweight package for logging purposes.

1.0.0(7y ago)243MITPHPPHP ^7.0

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php-logger
==========

[](#php-logger)

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This package is a small utility for logging purposes. It allows you to quickly set up a logging system.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The main component to use is `LevelLogger`. Just create a new instance and start logging.

```
$log = new LevelLogger();

$log->info('DONE.');
$log->debug('I\'m here.');
$log->error($exception->getMessage());
```

There are `3` levels namely `info|debug|error` that come handy when switching environment `development|staging|production`.

The package comes with `3` logging strategies namely:

- `STDOUT` (default): it just `echo` the message (together with a timestamp and the log level)
- `SYSLOG`: calls the `syslog(...)` function and logs the message (using the syslog format) to the system log
- `FILE`: appends the log message (together with the timestamp and log level) to a file that you specify

#### How do you specify the parameters?

[](#how-do-you-specify-the-parameters)

The package reads from `ENV` variables. The following variables are used:

- `LOG_LEVEL`: can be either `INFO|DEBUG|ERROR` and defaults to `ERROR` to be the least verbose. When the log level is `ERROR` all the `info` and `debug` messages will not be logged. When the log level is set to `DEBUG`, all the `info` messages will not be logged. When set to `INFO` instead, all of the messages will be logged;
- `LOG_STRATEGY`: can be either `STDOUT|SYSLOG|FILE` and defaults to `SYSLOG`. It sets the strategy. When the `FILE` strategy is chosen, please specify the file path by using the next described variable;
- `LOG_FILE_PATH`: must be a writable file path. It defaults to `/var/log/logger.log`;

Development
-----------

[](#development)

You can add new loggers by implementing the `Logger` interface.

Further development
-------------------

[](#further-development)

- Would be nice to add a file rotate feature when logging to file.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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

2643d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

debugerrorinfokisslogloggingstdoutsyslog

###  Code Quality

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