Monolog VS Guzzle

To add onto this, what's more commonly done these days is to use a library like Monolog which can be configured with multiple log handlers. One of the handlers which are typically enabled is one which writes to error_log. You can add more which write directly to a logging service like Sentry or whatever, or even in dev write an HTTP header paired with a browser extension which puts your backend log messages in your browser console (see the handler + install the extension for chrome or firefox)

Monolog is a highly regarded PHP logging library with open source code. This project extends a straightforward and adaptable API, allowing developers to log messages from their PHP applications to diverse channels, including files, databases, and various third-party services. The modularity of this project’s source code provides an assortment of handlers and processors that seamlessly combine and configure to cater to specific logging requirements for any application.

If you need something more flexible you could always use Monolog which provides a bunch of adapters to log to any service want. You could for example use the syslog adapter to send your logs to syslog, and then configure rsyslog to print them directly into your terminal (or just `tail -f` a log file).

PHP -> Built in Logger, Monolog, Analog, KLogger, Log4PHP

So far, I've been discussing what PHP itself has to offer, which, quite frankly, is not very appealing. Luckily, though, there are great developers involved in pushing beyond those boundaries, making the appearance of great tools a reality. That is the case for Monolog.

Laravel (and many other frameworks) use the Monolog Package for logging by default. Using their formatter does everything you need!

Nowadays all popular frameworks comes with logging system built in. If not, you should use http://seldaek.github.io/monolog/.

Laravel logging is created on top of Monolog, which is a powerful logging library for PHP projects. In this guide, we will be looking at how to send our laravel logs to telegram channel with the help of the Telegram Bot API.

Guzzle is a PHP HTTP client library. It’s a simple and effective solution for sending HTTP requests and managing HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.0 responses. This versatile tool excels in several areas, allowing developers to build query strings quickly, send POST requests, upload JSON data, and handle other HTTP-related tasks. Moreover, Guzzle facilitates both synchronous and asynchronous request handling, providing flexibility for different scenarios.

Symfony HTTP Client or Guzzle. If new build then Symfony, but have a lot of existing implementations with Guzzle. Both have worked very well. Worst case fallback to cURL.

but if you'd rather make raw requests, guzzle is a good option (though I'd opt for the sdk): https://github.com/guzzle/guzzle

PHP has built-in cURL support, but I never use it. I like using Guzzle or Symfony's http-client.

I just ran into multiple errors regarding the pre-packaged cURL: It does not feature accepting compressed responses (which I suppose is due to absense of `libz` being compiled/linked in).

I am busy building a small application that monitors websites using guzzle. My idea is to run through the list of websites alphabetically and make a guzzle request to each and update my table with the http response codes of each site.

Like Node.js, the PHP ecosystem has quite a number of good HTTP request libraries. Guzzle is perhaps one of the most well known, but there are many other popular libraries out there. Luckily, PHP also has some interface standards around HTTP clients and messages, particularly PSR-7, PSR-17, and PSR-18,