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How to Define a Custom Logging Formatter

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How to Define a Custom Logging Formatter¶

Each logging handler uses a Formatter to format the record before logging it. All Monolog handlers use an instance of Monolog\Formatter\LineFormatter by default but you can replace it easily. Your formatter must implement Monolog\Formatter\FormatterInterface.

For example, to use the built-in JsonFormatter, register it as a service then configure your handler to use it:

YAML

# config/services.yaml
services:
    # ...

    Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter: ~

# config/packages/prod/monolog.yaml (and/or config/packages/dev/monolog.yaml)
monolog:
    handlers:
        file:
            type: stream
            level: debug
            formatter: Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter

XML

<!-- config/services.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<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">

    <services>
        <service id="Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter" />
    </services>

    <!-- config/packages/prod/monolog.xml (and/or config/packages/dev/monolog.xml) -->
    <monolog:config>
        <monolog:handler
            name="file"
            type="stream"
            level="debug"
            formatter="Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter"
        />
    </monolog:config>
</container>

PHP

// config/services.php
use Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter;

$container->register(JsonFormatter::class);

// config/packages/prod/monolog.php (and/or config/packages/dev/monolog.php)
$container->loadFromExtension('monolog', array(
    'handlers' => array(
        'file' => array(
            'type'      => 'stream',
            'level'     => 'debug',
            'formatter' => JsonFormatter::class,
        ),
    ),
));

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