Re: [PHP] static Logging class?

Make a real classed object that you pass to various objects that need 
it.  Otherwise you make your life way harder for unit testing.  Don't 
have a class that self-enforces that it's a singleton.  That way lies pain.

In particular, I recommend using or writing a class based on the PSR-3 
recommendation:

https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-3-logger-interface.md

There's even stock code for the interface and some useful base classes 
available:

https://packagist.org/packages/psr/log

And for added fun, there are already publicly available open source 
libraries that implement PSR-3 that you can just drop in and use, such as:

https://packagist.org/packages/monolog/monolog

(If that's too heavy for you, writing your own PSR-3 compatible logger 
is dead-simple.)


I'm sure you're about to say "zOMG this is just a hobby project, I don't 
need something that fancy and all injected and shit!"  If it's a simple 
project, use a simple container to do all the hard work for you:

https://packagist.org/packages/pimple/pimple

(That's < 100 lines of executable code.  Quite powerful, dead simple to 
use.)

Cheers.

--Larry Garfield, FIG member


On 03/03/2013 07:26 AM, Lars Nielsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I work on a little hobby-project, and i want to make a oo logging
> facility. (php5.3 oop)
>
> Is it best to make a class with static functions that i can call from my
> other classes? Or is it more appropriate to make a real logging-class i
> should instantiate every time i need to log something? (I just want to
> log to a file)
>
> Best regards
> Lars Nielsen
>
>