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Question

I'm developing an extension for Joomla!; at the moment I'm trying to make it 3.0 compatible - as with 3.0 the logging changed a little (*). Building on the answer from this related question, my current code looks like this:
JLog::addLogger(array(
'text_file' => 'plg_system_myplg.log.php'
));
JLog::add('blah blah log msg');
The problem is that the log also goes to the messages which are shown to the user - this I want to prevent, I want the log msg only to go to the log file. I think it has to do with the "category" that JLog::add takes as a 3rd (optional) parameter, but I have no idea what to pass there?
Can anybody tell me how to hide the messages / or tell me if I'm on the right way with the categories and what value I should use?
Thanks!
(*) It actually changed already with 1.7 as far as I gathered so far, but the old method of calling addEntry on the return of JLog::getInstance(...) seems to have been removed from 2.5 to 3.0.
Edit: Think I found a way now; using:
JLog::addLogger(array(
'text_file' => 'plg_system_myplg.log.php',
JLog::ALL,
'myplg'
));
JLog::add('blah blah log msg', JLog::INFO, 'myplg');
all my log entries go only into my log file (and not to the messages shown to the user). However, I also get a few deprecation warnings - one about my code, but also some unrelated ones:
WARNING deprecated JAccess::getActions is deprecated. Use JAccess::getActionsFromFile or JAcces::getActionsFromData instead.
WARNING deprecated JSubMenuHelper::getEntries() is deprecated. Use JHtmlSidebar::getEntries() instead.
WARNING deprecated JSubMenuHelper::getFilters() is deprecated. Use JHtmlSidebar::getFilters() instead.
WARNING deprecated JSubMenuHelper::getAction() is deprecated. Use JHtmlSidebar::getAction() instead.
Not sure what to make of those - why do they appear in my log file, shouldn't they go to the default error.log file instead of my file ?

Answer 1

This is what I am using, works for Joomla 1.5 - 3.2:
if(version_compare(JVERSION,'1.7.0','ge')) {
jimport('joomla.log.log'); // Include the log library (J1.7+)
$priorities = JLog::ALL ^ JLog::WARNING; // exclude warning (because of deprecated)
// In J3.0 we need to ensure that log messages only go to our file, thus use the categories (already supported in J2.5)
if(version_compare(JVERSION,'2.5.0','ge')) {
$logCategory = 'com_mycomponent';
JLog::addLogger(array('text_file' => $logFileName), $priorities, $logCategory);
JLog::add($msg, JLog::INFO, $logCategory);
}else{
JLog::addLogger(array('text_file' => $logFileName), $priorities);
JLog::add($msg, JLog::INFO);
}
} else {
// Joomla! 1.6 and 1.5
jimport('joomla.error.log'); // Include the log library
$log = &JLog::getInstance($logFileName);
$log->addEntry(array('comment' => $msg, 'level' => 'INFO'));
}
This shows the trick for gettring of the deprecated messages.
And yes, you have to include a category for your messages to ensure they are not showing up as system messages.

Answer 2

Use
new JException('Something happened');
This will only add it to debug log but will not show anything.

Answer 3

It seems, that Joomla 3.0 has no default logger enabled. The same in Joomla 3.0.3. Nothing turns logging on by default - even Debug mode.

Answer 4

Finally I think I have solved my issue with unrelated log entries showing up.
A close look at the API documentation of the addLogger function revealed that the third parameter, $categories, is supposed to be an array of categories for which this log will be used.
This is in contradiction to the version of http://docs.joomla.org/Using_JLog that is current at the time of this writing, where a single category is given instead of an array.
Changing my call to addLogger to use an array, like this:
JLog::addLogger(array(
'text_file' => 'plg_system_myplg.log.php',
JLog::ALL,
array('myplg')
));
And keeping my fingers crossed that this will fix the issue!
Edit: unfortunately even this still doesn't solve my issue - still got unrelated entries :(.

Answer 5

I found the answer.. hope this script make you understand.. I already built as function . this code work on joomla 3. hope work in joomla 2
<?php
function logWrite($level, $values, $file='%s.php',$path='',$showOnTop=0,
$option='',$component=''){
/****
jlog Joomla 3.4
created by:gundambison (2015.04.26).
THX: hbit#stackoverflow
****/
jimport('joomla.log.log');
$level=strtoupper($level);
//You can change this com_name
$component= $component==''? 'com_gundambison': $component;
$date= date("Ymd");
$filename= sprintf($file, $date);
$format= $option=='' ?"{TIME}\t{CLIENTIP}\t{CATEGORY}\t{MESSAGE}": $option;
// create options and text
$txt = is_array($values)? json_encode($values): $values;
$options = array('text_file' => $filename,'text_entry_format'=>$format );
$options['text_file_path']=$path==''?'logs': $path;
JLog::addLogger ($options);
/*
if you want the error to show in your page. just see the different
*/
if($showOnTop==1){
JLog::add("$txt");
}
else{
JLog::add("$level\t$txt",$level,$component);
}
}