FormattedtextLogger

Extends Logger

Joomla! Formatted Text File Log class

This class is designed to use as a base for building formatted text files for output. By default it emulates the Syslog style format output. This is a disk based output format.

since

1.7.0

package

Joomla CMS

Methods

__construct

Constructor.

__construct(mixed||string|int &options) : 
since

1.7.0

Arguments

options

array<string|int, mixed>Log object options.

Response

mixed

__destruct

If deferred, write all pending logs.

__destruct() : 
since

3.9.0

Response

mixed

addEntry

Method to add an entry to the log.

addEntry(\Joomla\CMS\Log\LogEntry entry) : 
since

1.7.0

throws

RuntimeException

Arguments

entry

LogEntryThe log entry object to add to the log.

Response

void

formatLine

Format a line for the log file.

formatLine(\Joomla\CMS\Log\LogEntry entry) : 
since

3.9.0

Arguments

entry

LogEntryThe log entry to format as a string.

Response

string

generateFileHeader

Method to generate the log file header.

generateFileHeader() : 
since

1.7.0

Response

stringThe log file header

initFile

Method to initialise the log file. This will create the folder path to the file if it doesn't already exist and also get a new file header if the file doesn't already exist. If the file already exists it will simply open it for writing.

initFile() : 
since

1.7.0

throws

RuntimeException

Response

void

parseFields

Method to parse the format string into an array of fields.

parseFields() : 
since

1.7.0

Response

void

Properties

options

Options array for the Log instance.

inherited
since

3.0.1

Type(s)

array<string|int, mixed>

priorities

Translation array for LogEntry priorities to text strings.

inherited
since

3.0.1

Type(s)

array<string|int, mixed>

format

The format which each entry follows in the log file.

All fields must be named in all caps and be within curly brackets eg. {FOOBAR}.

since

1.7.0

Type(s)

string

fields

The parsed fields from the format string.

since

1.7.0

Type(s)

array<string|int, mixed>

path

The full filesystem path for the log file.

since

1.7.0

Type(s)

string

defer

If true, all writes will be deferred as long as possible.

NOTE: Deferred logs may never be written if the application encounters a fatal error.

since

3.9.0

Type(s)

bool

deferredEntries

If deferring, entries will be stored here prior to writing.

since

3.9.0

Type(s)

array<string|int, mixed>