Located in file /wire/core/FileLog.php

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Common

NameReturnSummary 
FileLog::chunkSize()
intGet or set the default chunk size used when reading from logs and not overridden by method argument 
FileLog::delete()
boolDelete the log file 
FileLog::filename()
stringGet file basename 
FileLog::find()
int arrayReturn lines from the end of the log file, with various options 
FileLog::get()
arrayGet lines from the end of a file based on chunk size (deprecated) 
FileLog::getDate(int $dateFrom)
arrayGet log lines that lie within a date range 
FileLog::getMaxLineLength()
(nothing) 
FileLog::getTotalLines()
intGet total number of lines in the log file 
FileLog::mtime()
int falseGet file modification time 
FileLog::path()
stringGet path where the log is stored (with trailing slash) 
FileLog::pathname()
string boolGet file pathname 
FileLog::prune($bytes)
bool intPrune to number of bytes 
FileLog::pruneBytes(int $bytes)
int boolPrune log file to specified number of bytes (from the end) 
FileLog::pruneDate($oldestDate)
intPrune log file to contain only entries newer than $oldestDate 
FileLog::save(string $str)
boolSave the given log entry string 
FileLog::setDelimeter($c)
(nothing) 
FileLog::setDelimiter($c)
(nothing) 
FileLog::setFileExtension($ext)
(nothing) 
FileLog::setMaxLineLength($c)
(nothing) 
FileLog::size()
int falseGet filesize 
FileLog::wired()
(nothing)Wired to API 

Additional methods and properties

In addition to the methods and properties above, FileLog also inherits the methods and properties of these classes:

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.244

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