channels_handlers.rst

.. index::
   single: Logging

How to log Messages to different Files

The Symfony Standard Edition contains a bunch of channels for logging: doctrine, event, security and request. Each channel corresponds to a logger service (monolog.logger.XXX) in the container and is injected to the concerned service. The purpose of channels is to be able to organize different types of log messages.

By default, Symfony2 logs every messages into a single file (regardless of the channel).

Switching a Channel to a different Handler

Now, suppose you want to log the doctrine channel to a different file.

To do so, just create a new handler and configure it like this:

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: yaml

        # app/config/config.yml
        monolog:
            handlers:
                main:
                    type:     stream
                    path:     /var/log/symfony.log
                    channels: [!doctrine]
                doctrine:
                    type:     stream
                    path:     /var/log/doctrine.log
                    channels: [doctrine]

    .. code-block:: xml

        <!-- app/config/config.xml -->
        <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
            xmlns:monolog="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog"
            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog
                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog/monolog-1.0.xsd"
        >
            <monolog:config>
                <monolog:handler name="main" type="stream" path="/var/log/symfony.log">
                    <monolog:channels>
                        <monolog:channel>!doctrine</monolog:channel>
                    </monolog:channels>
                </monolog:handler>

                <monolog:handler name="doctrine" type="stream" path="/var/log/doctrine.log">
                    <monolog:channels>
                        <monolog:channel>doctrine</monolog:channel>
                    </monolog:channels>
                </monolog:handler>
            </monolog:config>
        </container>

    .. code-block:: php

        // app/config/config.php
        $container->loadFromExtension('monolog', array(
            'handlers' => array(
                'main'     => array(
                    'type'     => 'stream',
                    'path'     => '/var/log/symfony.log',
                    'channels' => array(
                        '!doctrine',
                    ),
                ),
                'doctrine' => array(
                    'type'     => 'stream',
                    'path'     => '/var/log/doctrine.log',
                    'channels' => array(
                        'doctrine',
                    ),
                ),
            ),
        ));

YAML specification

You can specify the configuration by many forms:

channels: ~    # Include all the channels

channels: foo  # Include only channel "foo"
channels: !foo # Include all channels, except "foo"

channels: [foo, bar]   # Include only channels "foo" and "bar"
channels: [!foo, !bar] # Include all channels, except "foo" and "bar"

Creating your own Channel

You can change the channel monolog logs to one service at a time. This is done either via the :ref:`configuration <cookbook-monolog-channels-config>` below or by tagging your service with :ref:`monolog.logger<dic_tags-monolog>` and specifying which channel the service should log to. With the tag, the logger that is injected into that service is preconfigured to use the channel you've specified.

Configure Additional Channels without Tagged Services

.. versionadded:: 2.3
    This feature was introduced to the MonologBundle in version 2.4, which
    was first packaged with Symfony at version 2.4.

With MonologBundle 2.4 you can configure additional channels without the need to tag your services:

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: yaml

        # app/config/config.yml
        monolog:
            channels: ["foo", "bar"]

    .. code-block:: xml

        <!-- app/config/config.xml -->
        <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
            xmlns:monolog="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog"
            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog
                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog/monolog-1.0.xsd"
        >
            <monolog:config>
                <monolog:channel>foo</monolog:channel>
                <monolog:channel>bar</monolog:channel>
            </monolog:config>
        </container>

    .. code-block:: php

        // app/config/config.php
        $container->loadFromExtension('monolog', array(
            'channels' => array(
                'foo',
                'bar',
            ),
        ));

With this, you can now send log messages to the foo channel by using the automatically registered logger service monolog.logger.foo.

Learn more from the Cookbook

• :doc:`/cookbook/logging/monolog`