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Google.
File_get_contents() returns a files data as a string. Then sort as needed.
Apr 23, 2016
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How to parse a Laravel log
What would be the best way to parse out the date, environment, level and message from each log entry in one of Laravel's log files?
I know that there are packages that do this for you, but I'd rather not use them in this case.
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@Ackirb I just looked at this package and the source code seem to be a good place to get inspired.
I don't believe file_get_content was created for this purpose, you may like file instead - since php4
// from PHP documentations
$logFile = file(storage_path().'/logs/laravel-2016-04-24.log');
$logCollection = [];
// Loop through an array, show HTML source as HTML source; and line numbers too.
foreach ($logFile as $line_num => $line) {
$logCollection[] = array('line'=> $line_num, 'content'=> htmlspecialchars($line));
}
dd($logCollection);
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@mehany worked perfectly :)
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@Ackirb if you really want to process log files the easiest way to do so would propably be using fgets in combination with a regular expression (preg_match). You have to keep in mind though that log messages may span over multiple lines.
The Monolog LineFormatter class contains the default format used for log lines, this should help you create your regex.
However, have you considered using a custom log handler / formatter / logger? Log files are not really meant to be parsed. Laravel uses Monlog itself so you could e.g. use a handler to write log entries to a Redis or an Elasticsearch server (or even a mySQL database).
I highly recommend using your own handler especially if you want to build a view for your log entries and make them searchable through some kind of interface.
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if you have some serious use-case for this, i would recommend using LogStash and ElasticSearch for processing your laravel.log files. there is a plenty of tutorials out t here to start with, like http://www.darwinbiler.com/parsing-and-sending-laravel-logs-to-elasticsearch-using-logstash/ https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/getting-started-with-logstash.html
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Laravel Log Reader package so simple and easy installation. It also provides JSON API also, so that you can make your own UI if want.
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@meenctg It's abandoned.
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