Log

Default log

By default log files are created in {ESPO_ROOT}/data/logs/ directory.

Parameters

In data/config.php (or data/config-internal.php):

  'logger' => [
    'level' => 'NOTICE', // DEBUG, INFO, NOTICE, WARNING, ERROR
    'maxFileNumber' => 30,
    'printTrace' => true, // to print an exception backtrace,
    'sql' => true, // log all SQL queries
  ],

Trace printing

Prints a backtrace when an exception is occurred. Note that in some cases an exception is caught within the application, the trace won't be printed in this case.

It is not recommended to enable trace printing on the production environment, as it may expose sensitive data to the log. In PHP 8.2 this problem is supposed to be solved.

SQL queries

As of v7.4.

If the parameter sql is set to true, all executed SQL queries will be printed to the log. Requires INFO or DEBUG level. Not to be enabled on production.

Handlers

As of v6.1.

EspoCRM uses Monolog library for logging. The library is shipped with the set of handlers. There is the ability to specify which handlers to use in Espo.

In data/config.php:

  'logger' => [
    'level' => 'NOTICE',
    'handlerList' => [
      [
        'className' => 'Espo\\Core\\Log\\Handler\\EspoRotatingFileHandler',
        'params' => [
          'filename' => 'data/logs/espo.log',
        ],
        'level' => 'NOTICE',
        'formatter' => [
          'className' => 'Monolog\\Formatter\\LineFormatter',
          'params' => [
            'dateFormat' => 'Y-m-d H:i:s',
          ],
        ],
      ],
      [
        'loaderClassName' => 'Espo\\Core\\Log\\EspoRotatingFileHandlerLoader',
        'params' => [
          'filename' => 'data/logs/test-warning.log',
        ],
        'level' => 'WARNING',
      ],
    ],
  ],

Note that it's possible to have multiple handlers.

It's possible to specify either a handler class name or loader class name. A loader class instantiates a handler class. This allows to initialize constructor parameters for a handler. It can be helpful if you need to pass some object to the handler constructor. A loader class must implement Espo\Core\Log\HandlerLoader interface. It's possible to pass dependencies (via DI mechanism) to a loader class.

Note

By specifying handlerList in the config, the default handler stops from being used.

You can find the list of handlers supported by Monolog here.