docs/appenders/mongodb.rst

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LoggerAppenderMongoDB
=====================

``LoggerAppenderMongoDB`` appends log events to a MongoDB instance.

MongoDB_ is a scalable, high-performance, open source, document-oriented database.

.. _MongoDB: http://www.mongodb.org/

Layout
------
This appender does not require a layout.

Parameters
----------
The following parameters are available:

+--------------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Parameter    | Type    | Required | Default             | Description                                   |
+==============+=========+==========+=====================+===============================================+
| host         | string  | No       | mongodb://localhost | Server on which mongodb instance is located.  |
+--------------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| port         | integer | No       | 27017               | Port on which the instance is bound.          |
+--------------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| databaseName | string  | No       | log4php_mongodb     | Name of the database to which to log.         |
+--------------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| username     | string  | No       |                     | Username used to connect to the database.     |
+--------------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| password     | string  | No       |                     | Password used to connect to the database.     |
+--------------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| timeout      | integer | No       | 3000                | For how long the driver should try to connect |
|              |         |          |                     | to the database (in milliseconds).            |
+--------------+---------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+

.. versionadded:: 2.2.0
    The ``timeout`` parameter.

Examples
--------
This example shows how to configure ``LoggerAppenderMongoDB`` to log to a remote
database.

.. container:: tabs

    .. rubric:: XML format
    .. code-block:: xml

        <configuration xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4php/">
            <appender name="default" class="LoggerAppenderMongoDB">
                <param name="host" value="mongodb://example.com" />
                <param name="username" value="logger" />
                <param name="password" value="secret" />
            </appender>
            <root>
                <appender_ref ref="default" />
            </root>
        </configuration>

    .. rubric:: PHP format
    .. code-block:: php

        array(
            'appenders' => array(
                'default' => array(
                    'class' => 'LoggerAppenderMongoDB',
                    'params' => array(
                        'host' => 'mongodb://example.com',
                        'username' => 'logger',
                        'password' => 'secret',
                    ),
                ),
            ),
            'rootLogger' => array(
                'appenders' => array('default'),
            ),
        );

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