How to register Zend_Log in the bootstrap of a ZF 1.8+ application?

Question

So I want to start logging in my Zend Framework application. I want to register the logger somewhere in my bootstrap so that I can easily access it from any controller action. I think this should be a simple thing that has been done before, but how can I do this?

The documentation shows something like this, but I don't want to create a new Zend_Log every time I want to log something:

$writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream('/path/to/my/log/file');
$logger = new Zend_Log($writer);
$logger->log('Informational message', Zend_Log::INFO);

Solution

This is what I came up with. Thanks for the reminder about Zend_Registry!

// in /application/Bootstrap.php
protected function _initLogger()
{
    $writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream('php://output');
    $logger = new Zend_Log($writer);
    Zend_Registry::set('logger', $logger);
}

// in controller actions
$logger = Zend_Registry::get('logger');
$logger->log('message');

Answer 1

The easiest is to use Zend_Registry to store the log

Use this inside your bootstrap

Zend_Registry::set('log', $log);

and use this to fetch that log

Zend_Registry::get('log')

Answer 2

Having just written a logging class, maybe by sharing what I did you'll get some ideas...

From index.php (on ZF 1.62) I call a static method from a class in my library, it determines whether you're in dev or higher, then gives you an appropriate logger. In dev it will log to Firebug, in stage+ it will log to file...I plan to add an emergency logger that will send email alerts on bad events like a failed query which might indicate an attempt to inject into the dB...

Then in my base Controller from which all controllers extend, I call the logger. This way all actions need only one line to talk to the logger...e.g. $this->_logger->debug('test');

Saving one line may not seem like a big deal, but when you're just spitting out debug messages that you plan to delete a minute later, it's really annoying to remember syntax and type both...

Also, by spitting out to firebug, you don't have to deal w/ messing up layout nor removing the debug message right away, since it'll never show in production.

Answer 3

Like this maybe;

/*
 * In case of need to change Log object
 * 
 * $options['writer'] = Zend_Log_Writer_...();
 * 
 * @param array $options Configuration options
 */
protected function _initLog(array $options = array())
{
    $writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Null();

    if(array_key_exists('writer', $options))
    {
     if($options['writer'] instanceof Zend_Log_Writer_Abstract) {
      $writer = $options['writer'];
     }
  else {
   if(class_exists($options['writer'])) {
    $writer = new $options['writer'];
   }
   else {
    throw new H2B_Exception("Writer class not found", H2B_Messages_Generic::OBJECT_NOT_FOUND);
   }
  }
    }

    $logger = new Zend_Log($writer);

    return $logger;
}