laravel 5.2 custom log file for different tasks

Question

Can we create a custom log file for different purposes in laravel 5.2 like for order related log entries that should be in order.log and for payment related stuff the entry shou

Answer 1

You can try repurposing the log functions to write different types of logs to different files. This can be done by editing the bootstrap/app.php file:

$app->configureMonologUsing(function($monolog) {
    $bubble = false;
    $infoStreamHandler = new Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler( storage_path("/logs/orders.log"), Monolog\Logger::INFO, $bubble);
    $monolog->pushHandler($infoStreamHandler);

    $warningStreamHandler = new Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler( storage_path("/logs/logins.log"), Monolog\Logger::WARNING, $bubble);
    $monolog->pushHandler($warningStreamHandler);
});

Then in your code, you can do:

Log::info('Order was created', ['ORDER-123']);

Log::warning('User login', ['USER-1']);

You can use this method to edit all the available log functions:

• DEBUG
• INFO
• NOTICE
• WARNING
• ERROR
• CRITICAL
• ALERT
• EMERGENCY