phplog4php

Write a header to a log with log4php


I have semi-colon separated values logged to a csv file using log4php. I wanted to write a header in first line. How this can be done?

Example

message id, file name, start time, end time, status MSGID1000;SAMPLE.TXT;01:05:55;07:08:44;OK MSGID1000;SAMPLE.TXT;01:05:55;07:08:44;NOK

I do this

csvLogger = Logger::getRootLogger();
csvLogger->setLevel(LoggerLevel::toLevel(LoggerLevel::DEBUG));
csvLogger->removeAllAppenders();

$appender = new LoggerAppenderFile("csvLogAppender");
$appender->setFile("LogMessage.csv");
$appender->setAppend(false);   

csvLogger->addAppender($appender); 

Solution

  • I found solution to extend LoggerLayoutPattern and override the getHeader() method.

    class csvLoggerLayoutPattern extends LoggerLayoutPattern {
        public function getHeader() {
            return "message id, file name, start time, end time, status\n";
        }
    }
    
    csvLogger = Logger::getRootLogger();
    csvLogger->setLevel(LoggerLevel::toLevel(LoggerLevel::DEBUG));
    csvLogger->removeAllAppenders();
    
    $appender = new LoggerAppenderFile("csvLogAppender");
    $appender->setFile("LogMessage.csv");
    $appender->setAppend(false);
    
    $appenderlayout = new csvLoggerLayoutPattern();
    $appenderlayout->activateOptions();
    $appender->setLayout($appenderlayout);
    
    csvLogger->addAppender($appender);