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[Logging & Monitoring](/categories/logging) 4. / 5. otternq/dtail ActiveLibrary[Logging & Monitoring](/categories/logging) otternq/dtail ============= Prints PHP Errors that have been logged to DynamoDB 0.2(12y ago)06MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3 Since Nov 15Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/otternq/DTail)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/otternq/dtail)[ Docs](https://github.com/otternq/DTail)[ RSS](/packages/otternq-dtail/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (3)Versions (4)Used By (0) DTail ===== [](#dtail) Watch and search Logs entries stored in a DynamoDB table [![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8c2e65018b5ad9de9088825b1adbaa52a3be5eac155db88986346a955f6b42ca/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6f747465726e712f445461696c2f646f776e6c6f6164732e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/otternq/DTail)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4ba9ee1312215ffd24f609a7a9a1821332d9272153c06ec2ab9e08589b0a2f94/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6f747465726e712f445461696c2f762f737461626c652e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/otternq/DTail)[![Dependency Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b6d6247ad5d7c34bcaaf01e01fb0f922cd2092a7b6bb7e570b4b7c82418478c4/68747470733a2f2f7777772e76657273696f6e6579652e636f6d2f7061636b6167652f6f747465726e712d2d647461696c2f62616467652e706e67)](https://www.versioneye.com/package/otternq--dtail) MasterDevelopment[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8c2b64b8dd8525ee64f6ba9a20fe47537dac6e2b2691160486a5a1a0f70c6af1/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6f747465726e712f445461696c2e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/otternq/DTail)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/af2df4223b44b751fdc107099b203b809e052971c616c3d91346ac76795ac33c/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6f747465726e712f445461696c2e706e673f6272616e63683d646576656c6f706d656e74)](https://travis-ci.org/otternq/DTail)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/21c0c48ad3bb8216a67045ccc3476f9446269b0c50dc9d1a183100d9bf7ffd3f/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6f747465726e712f445461696c2f62616467652e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/r/otternq/DTail?branch=master)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/58f9a465f6cb03d8e4a5b5ed4d21e2ce33f31f042bb4c02fc26823849d7781c0/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6f747465726e712f445461696c2f62616467652e706e673f6272616e63683d646576656c6f706d656e74)](https://coveralls.io/r/otternq/DTail?branch=development)Installing ---------- [](#installing) DTail is available on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/otternq/dtail). To install with composer, add: `"otternq/dtail": "dev-master"` to *composer.json* in the **require** section: ``` "require": { "php": ">=5.3.3", "otternq/dtail": "dev-master" } ``` then run `php composer.phar update` (or `php composer.phar install` depending on the situation) and let composer do the rest. Usage ----- [](#usage) If you want to incoorperate this into another system, see **Usage 1**. If you just want to see the log entries, see **Usage 2** \###Usage 1 ``` include "vendor/autoload.php"; use Colors\Color; use Aws\Common\Aws; use Aws\DynamoDb\DynamoDbClient; use DTail\DTail; $config = array( 'dyn-table' => 'PHPErrors', 'dyn-key' => YOUR_AWS_KEY, 'dyn-secret' => YOUR_AWS_SECRET, 'dyn-region' => 'us-east-1' ); $dynamodbClient = DynamoDbClient::factory(array( 'key' => $config['dyn-key'], 'secret' => $config['dyn-secret'], 'region' => $config['dyn-region'], ) ); $dtail = new DTail($dynamodbClient); $iterator = $dtail->get( $config['dyn-table'], 'PHPErrorReporter' ); foreach($iterator as $item) { var_dump($item); } ``` \###Usage 2 If you just want to watch/search log files then use the `bin/dtail` command: ``` bin/dtail -f /path/to/config/file.php ``` the config file will look like: ``` return array( 'dyn-table' => 'PHPErrors', 'dyn-key' => YOUR_AWS_KEY, 'dyn-secret' => YOUR_AWS_SECRET, 'dyn-region' => 'us-east-1' ); ``` and the output will look like: ``` Channel Date Time Level Message Context PHPErrorReporter 2013-11-14 WARNING Test [] PHPErrorReporter 2013-11-14 WARNING E_WARNING: Division by zero {"file":"/path/to/DTail/app.php","line":26} PHPErrorReporter 2013-11-14 NOTICE E_NOTICE: Undefined variable: foo {"file":"/path/to/DTail/error.php","line":27} PHPErrorReporter 2013-11-14 WARNING E_WARNING: Division by zero {"file":"/path/to/DTail/error.php","line":28} PHPErrorReporter 2013-11-14 NOTICE E_NOTICE: Use of undefined constant T - assumed 'T' {"file":"/path/to/DTail/error.php","line":29} PHPErrorReporter 2013-11-14 ERROR Uncaught exception {"exception":{"class":"Exception","message":"$arr has no element with index: dyn->key","file":"/path/to/DTail/Utils/Arr.php:26","trace":["/path/to/DTail/bin/app.php:36"]}} ``` DynamoDB -------- [](#dynamodb) This tool was written to read log messages stored by [monolog](https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog/) using the [DynamoDB handler](https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog/blob/master/src/Monolog/Handler/DynamoDbHandler.php) and the DynamoDB structure is displayed on [Issue 259](https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog/issues/259). ### Health Score 22 — LowBetter than 21% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity4 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity50 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. 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