php-laravelHow can I view the error log for my Laravel application using PHP?

In order to view the error log for your Laravel application using PHP, you can use the built-in Monolog library. Monolog is a logging library for PHP applications, and is included in the Laravel framework.

To view the log, you can use the following code snippet:

use Monolog\Logger;
use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;

// create a log channel
$log = new Logger('name');
$log->pushHandler(new StreamHandler('path/to/your.log', Logger::WARNING));

// add records to the log
$log->warning('Foo');
$log->error('Bar');

The output of the above code will be two new entries in the log file:

[2018-05-30 08:30:00] name.WARNING: Foo
[2018-05-30 08:30:00] name.ERROR: Bar

Code explanation

1. use Monolog\Logger; - this imports the Monolog Logger class into the current namespace.
2. use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler; - this imports the Monolog StreamHandler class into the current namespace.
3. $log = new Logger('name'); - this creates a new Logger instance with the name 'name'.
4. $log->pushHandler(new StreamHandler('path/to/your.log', Logger::WARNING)); - this sets the log file path and the minimum log level to be logged.
5. $log->warning('Foo'); - this adds a log entry with the level 'warning' and the message 'Foo'.
6. $log->error('Bar'); - this adds a log entry with the level 'error' and the message 'Bar'.

For more information, please see the Monolog Documentation.

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