zend_log not writing to file

MightyMouse · #1 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 11:29 PM

Hi,
I am trying to do some logging with Zend_Log, but it's not working for me. Maybe someone could tell me where I have gone wrong. I have this in my bootstrap file:

PHP Code:


			
$writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream(ROOT_DIR . '/tmp/log.txt');

$logger = new Zend_Log($writer);

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

I am trying to log when someone uses an action in one of my controllers, so in the controller file within the code for that action I have added:

PHP Code:


			
$msg = 'we have success!';

        $logger = Zend_Registry::get('logger');

        $logger->info($msg);

I created my tmp folder with the log.txt file in the specified location, but nothing gets written to it. I checked the file permissions and they are rw for all. Am I missing something?

MightyMouse · #2 (**permalink**) 10-20-2008, 03:51 AM

I've also discovered that when I change the path to where I want the write-to file to go I get an error that the path I chose 'cannot be opened with mode "a" ' What does this mean? Is it a clue?

jweber · #3 (**permalink**) 10-21-2008, 08:22 PM

Does PHP have permissions to write to ROOT_DIR . '/tmp/log.txt'?

MightyMouse · #4 (**permalink**) 10-21-2008, 11:41 PM

The file permissions on the server are set to rw-rw-rw.

I've decided that I'd rather save everything to a database anyway. So now I am wondering why I should even bother using Zend_log?

What I want to do is to have a "log" data table of who is moving inventory. In my Inventory controller I have a function called moveAction. I am thinking that I just need to add some lines of code inside that action that inserts the info. I want to record into my database. Wouldn't this be easier than using Zend_log?

PHP Code:


			
$log = new Log();

$row = $log->createRow() ;

$row->user = $user;

$row->date = $date;

$row->item = $item;

$row->save();

Am I missing something about the purpose of Zend_log or logging in general? I've seen some examples of setting up the column mapping, but I haven't found any examples of how the data actually gets written to the database (basically the replacement of what I have above.)

Eugen · #5 (**permalink**) 10-22-2008, 06:44 AM

if your database gets unavailable (server down, unable to connect, etc..)how will you know? there will be no error logged...
thats why errors are logged in files (.bin most of time).

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