Zend_Log_Writer_Stream sends log data to a » PHP stream.

To write log data to the PHP output buffer, use the URL php://output. Alternatively, you can may like to send log data directly to a stream like STDERR (php://stderr).

$writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream('php://output');
$logger = new Zend_Log($writer);

$logger->info('Informational message');

      

To write data to a file, use one of the » Filesystem URLs:

$writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream('/path/to/logfile');
$logger = new Zend_Log($writer);

$logger->info('Informational message');

      

The constructor of Zend_Log_Writer_Stream also accepts an existing stream resource:

$stream = @fopen('/path/to/logfile', 'a', false);
if (! $stream) {
    throw new Exception('Failed to open stream');
}

$writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream($stream);
$logger = new Zend_Log($writer);

$logger->info('Informational message');

      

Zend_Log_Writer_Db writes log information to a database table using Zend_Db. The constructor of Zend_Log_Writer_Db receives a Zend_Db_Adapter instance, a table name, and a mapping of database columns to event data items:

$params = array ('host'     => '127.0.0.1',
                 'username' => 'malory',
                 'password' => '******',
                 'dbname'   => 'camelot');
$db = Zend_Db::factory('PDO_MYSQL', $params);

$columnMapping = array('lvl' => 'priority', 'msg' => 'message');
$writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Db($db, 'log_table_name', $columnMapping);

$logger = new Zend_Log($writer);

$logger->info('Informational message');

      

Zend_Log_Writer_Firebug sends log data to the » Firebug » Console.

All data is sent via the Zend_Wildfire_Channel_HttpHeaders component which uses HTTP headers to ensure the page content is not disturbed. Debugging AJAX requests that require clean JSON and XML responses is possible with this approach.

Requirements:

• Firefox Browser ideally version 3 but version 2 is also supported.

• Firebug Firefox Extension which you can download from » https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843.

• FirePHP Firefox Extension which you can download from » https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6149.

// Place this in your bootstrap file before dispatching your front controller
$writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Firebug();
$logger = new Zend_Log($writer);

// Use this in your model, view and controller files
$logger->log('This is a log message!', Zend_Log::INFO);

      

$writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Firebug();
$logger = new Zend_Log($writer);

$request = new Zend_Controller_Request_Http();
$response = new Zend_Controller_Response_Http();
$channel = Zend_Wildfire_Channel_HttpHeaders::getInstance();
$channel->setRequest($request);
$channel->setResponse($response);

// Start output buffering
ob_start();

// Now you can make calls to the logger
 
$logger->log('This is a log message!', Zend_Log::INFO);

// Flush log data to browser
$channel->flush();
$response->sendHeaders();

      

$logger->addPriority('FOO', 8);
$writer->setPriorityStyle(8, 'TRACE');
$logger->foo('Foo Message');

      

$writer->setDefaultPriorityStyle('TRACE');

      

$exception = new Zend_Exception('Test exception');
$logger->err($exception);

      

$writer->setPriorityStyle(8, 'TABLE');
$logger->addPriority('TABLE', 8);

$table = array('Summary line for the table',
             array(
                 array('Column 1', 'Column 2'),
                 array('Row 1 c 1',' Row 1 c 2'),
                 array('Row 2 c 1',' Row 2 c 2')
             )
            );
$logger->table($table);

      

The Zend_Log_Writer_Null is a stub that does not write log data to anything. It is useful for disabling logging or stubbing out logging during tests:

$writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Null;
$logger = new Zend_Log($writer);

// goes nowhere
$logger->info('Informational message');

      

The Zend_Log_Writer_Mock is a very simple writer that records the raw data it receives in an array exposed as a public property.

$mock = new Zend_Log_Writer_Mock;
$logger = new Zend_Log($mock);

$logger->info('Informational message');

var_dump($mock->events[0]);

// Array
// (
//    [timestamp] => 2007-04-06T07:16:37-07:00
//    [message] => Informational message
//    [priority] => 6
//    [priorityName] => INFO
// )

      

To clear the events logged by the mock, simply set $mock->events = array().

There is no composite Writer object. However, a Log instance can write to any number of Writers. To do this, use the addWriter() method:

$writer1 = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream('/path/to/first/logfile');
$writer2 = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream('/path/to/second/logfile');

$logger = new Zend_Log();
$logger->addWriter($writer1);
$logger->addWriter($writer2);

// goes to both writers
$logger->info('Informational message');