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+<?php
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * LoggerAppenderConsole appends log events either to the standard output
+ * stream (php://stdout) or the standard error stream (php://stderr).
+ *
+ * **Note**: Use this Appender with command-line php scripts. On web scripts
+ * this appender has no effects.
+ *
+ * This appender uses a layout.
+ *
+ * ## Configurable parameters: ##
+ *
+ * - **target** - the target stream: "stdout" or "stderr"
+ *
+ * @version $Revision: 1343601 $
+ * @package log4php
+ * @subpackage appenders
+ * @license http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * @link http://logging.apache.org/log4php/docs/appenders/console.html Appender documentation
+ */
+class LoggerAppenderConsole extends LoggerAppender {
+
+    /** The standard otuput stream.  */
+    const STDOUT = 'php://stdout';
+
+    /** The standard error stream.*/
+    const STDERR = 'php://stderr';
+
+    /** The 'target' parameter. */
+    protected $target = self::STDOUT;
+
+    /**
+     * Stream resource for the target stream.
+     * @var resource
+     */
+    protected $fp = null;
+
+    public function activateOptions() {
+        $this->fp = fopen($this->target, 'w');
+        if (is_resource($this->fp) && $this->layout !== null) {
+            fwrite($this->fp, $this->layout->getHeader());
+        }
+        $this->closed = (bool)is_resource($this->fp) === false;
+    }
+
+
+    public function close() {
+        if ($this->closed != true) {
+            if (is_resource($this->fp) && $this->layout !== null) {
+                fwrite($this->fp, $this->layout->getFooter());
+                fclose($this->fp);
+            }
+            $this->closed = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function append(LoggerLoggingEvent $event) {
+        if (is_resource($this->fp) && $this->layout !== null) {
+            fwrite($this->fp, $this->layout->format($event));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the 'target' parameter.
+     * @param string $target
+     */
+    public function setTarget($target) {
+        $value = trim($target);
+        if ($value == self::STDOUT || strtoupper($value) == 'STDOUT') {
+            $this->target = self::STDOUT;
+        } elseif ($value == self::STDERR || strtoupper($value) == 'STDERR') {
+            $this->target = self::STDERR;
+        } else {
+            $target = var_export($target);
+            $this->warn("Invalid value given for 'target' property: [$target]. Property not set.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of the 'target' parameter.
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getTarget() {
+        return $this->target;
+    }
+}