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A lightweight PHP logging library providing safe local log writing and remote exception reporting (both synchronous and asynchronous).

Why this library exists:
While working on my Go project oh-shit-logger, I needed a centralized way to collect error information.
Some friends were concerned about the performance overhead of PHP error reporting, so I wrapped my usual approach into a Composer package for easier reuse.

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Installation

composer require hejunjie/lazylog

Usage

​lazylog provides three core methods:

Write Local Logs

use Hejunjie\Lazylog\Logger;

/**
 * Write logs safely to local files (thread-safe + auto file rotation)
 *
 * @param string $basePath Base log directory (e.g. /var/logs or runtime/logs)
 * @param string $fileName Log filename (can include subpath like "error/app.log")
 * @param string $title Log title (e.g. "Error in Task #12")
 * @param string|array|object $content Log content (array, object, or string)
 * @param int $maxLines Max lines per file before rotation (default: 10,000)
 * @param int $maxSizeKB Max file size in KB before rotation (default: 2048 = 2MB)
 *
 * @return void
 */
Logger::write(
    '/var/logs',
    'error/app.log',
    'Task Failed',
    ['message' => 'Something went wrong']
);

Asynchronous Exception Reporting

• Uses exec() / proc_open() to spawn a background PHP process that sends a POST request
• Non-blocking for the main process
• Not recommended in long-running frameworks (Webman / Swoole)
  since they keep workers alive for a long time — frequent forking may accumulate resources (zombie processes, memory leaks, etc.)

try {
    // Code that may throw
} catch (\Throwable $exception) {
    /**
     * Report exception asynchronously to a remote endpoint.
     *
     * @param Throwable $exception The captured exception
     * @param string $url Remote endpoint URL
     * @param string $project Project identifier (default: unknown-project)
     * @param array $context Additional context data (e.g. request info, env vars)
     * @param string $phpBinary PHP binary path for subprocess (default: php)
     *
     * @return void
     */
    Logger::reportAsync($exception, 'https://error.example.com/collect', 'my-project');
}

For low-frequency error reporting, the performance cost of forking a PHP subprocess is negligible.

Synchronous Exception Reporting

• Recommended for long-running frameworks or when immediate reporting is needed
• Avoids creating subprocesses, preventing potential zombie or leaked processes Long-running workers in frameworks like Webman/Swoole are reused between requests — even if synchronous calls block, they only affect the current worker, not others.

try {
    // Code that may throw
} catch (\Throwable $exception) {
    /**
     * Report exception synchronously to a remote endpoint.
     *
     * @param Throwable $exception The captured exception
     * @param string $url Remote endpoint URL
     * @param string $project Project identifier (default: unknown-project)
     * @param array $context Additional context data
     * @param int $timeout Timeout in seconds
     *
     * @return void
     */
    Logger::reportSync($exception, 'https://error.example.com/collect', 'my-project');
}

Optimization Suggestion

For long-running frameworks, it’s often better to enqueue exceptions and handle reporting via a background worker:

try {
    // Code that may throw
} catch (\Throwable $exception) {
    /**
     * Format exception data before sending
     *
     * @param Throwable $exception The captured exception
     * @param string $project Project name
     * @param array $context Additional context info (default: empty)
     *
     * @return array
     */
    $formatted = Logger::formatThrowable($exception, 'my-project');
    // Push $formatted into a queue
    // Then let your worker consume and send it
}

Motivation

• To provide a lightweight, unified logging solution for quickly sending PHP exception data to my Go project oh-shit-logger
• To avoid writing repetitive error reporting logic across multiple projects
• Supports safe local logging + async/sync remote reporting, suitable for PHP-FPM, CLI, and long-running frameworks

Additional Notes

• Asynchronous reporting works by forking a PHP CLI subprocess
• For low-frequency errors, overhead is minimal and generally safe
• Under high concurrency (thousands per second), consider using a queue + worker or coroutine async (Though realistically, error reporting shouldn’t reach that volume 😅)
• Local logging includes automatic rotation to prevent oversized files during long-term use

Issues & Contributions

Have ideas, feedback, or bug reports?
Feel free to open an Issue or Pull Request on GitHub! 🚀