Releases - Apache log4php

Release date: 18.02.2012.

A bugfix release fixing several critical bugs found since the 2.2.0 release.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug which prevented configuration by passing a LoggerConfigurator instance.
Fixed a bug which prevented parsing of INI configuration files when using PHP 5.2.x.

New features:

Release date: 20.12.2011.

New features:

Improvements:

Full rewrite of the configuration logic. Makes inline PHP configuration possible.
Improved error reporting. Warnings will be triggered if problems are detected. This makes locating errors in configuration easier.
Appenders will use a default layout if no layout is specified in configuration.
The XML layout has been extended to include MDC data.
Improved documentation to include more XML and PHP configuration examples.
New web site appearance (powered by the Bootstrap toolkit).

Breaking changes:

The socket appender has been rewritten to use a layout. By default it will use the serialized layout.
The syslog appender has been rewritten and the interpretation of parameters has changed.

Please review the documentation and make any necessary changes to your configuration.

Release date: 13.07.2011.

New features:

Improvements:

Release date: 12.12.2009.

Apache log4php 2.0 is not compatible with the previous versions. Please have the following in mind when upgrading to log4php 2.0 in your project:

PHP 5.2+ is required
LoggerManager class has been removed. Use Logger instead.
LoggerHierarchy is not a singleton anymore by default.
logs to STDOUT by default
LOG4PHP_CONFIGURATION constant is no longer used. Please use Logger::configure() to configure log4php.