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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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * LoggerAppenderFile appends log events to a file.
+ *
+ * This appender uses a layout.
+ *
+ * ## Configurable parameters: ##
+ *
+ * - **file** - Path to the target file. Relative paths are resolved based on
+ *     the working directory.
+ * - **append** - If set to true, the appender will append to the file,
+ *     otherwise the file contents will be overwritten.
+ *
+ * @version $Revision: 1382274 $
+ * @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/file.html Appender documentation
+ */
+class LoggerAppenderFile extends LoggerAppender {
+
+    /**
+     * If set to true, the file is locked before appending. This allows
+     * concurrent access. However, appending without locking is faster so
+     * it should be used where appropriate.
+     *
+     * TODO: make this a configurable parameter
+     *
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    protected $locking = true;
+
+    /**
+     * If set to true, appends to file. Otherwise overwrites it.
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    protected $append = true;
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the target file.
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $file;
+
+    /**
+     * The file resource.
+     * @var resource
+     */
+    protected $fp;
+
+    /**
+     * Helper function which can be easily overriden by daily file appender.
+     */
+    protected function getTargetFile() {
+        return $this->file;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Acquires the target file resource, creates the destination folder if
+     * necessary. Writes layout header to file.
+     *
+     * @return boolean FALSE if opening failed
+     */
+    protected function openFile() {
+        $file = $this->getTargetFile();
+
+        // Create the target folder if needed
+        if (!is_file($file)) {
+            $dir = dirname($file);
+
+            if (!is_dir($dir)) {
+                $success = mkdir($dir, 0777, true);
+                if ($success === false) {
+                    $this->warn("Failed creating target directory [$dir]. Closing appender.");
+                    $this->closed = true;
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        $mode = $this->append ? 'a' : 'w';
+        $this->fp = fopen($file, $mode);
+        if ($this->fp === false) {
+            $this->warn("Failed opening target file. Closing appender.");
+            $this->fp = null;
+            $this->closed = true;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Required when appending with concurrent access
+        if ($this->append) {
+            fseek($this->fp, 0, SEEK_END);
+        }
+
+        // Write the header
+        $this->write($this->layout->getHeader());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a string to the target file. Opens file if not already open.
+     * @param string $string Data to write.
+     */
+    protected function write($string) {
+        // Lazy file open
+        if (!isset($this->fp)) {
+            if ($this->openFile() === false) {
+                return; // Do not write if file open failed.
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($this->locking) {
+            $this->writeWithLocking($string);
+        } else {
+            $this->writeWithoutLocking($string);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function writeWithLocking($string) {
+        if (flock($this->fp, LOCK_EX)) {
+            if (fwrite($this->fp, $string) === false) {
+                $this->warn("Failed writing to file. Closing appender.");
+                $this->closed = true;
+            }
+            flock($this->fp, LOCK_UN);
+        } else {
+            $this->warn("Failed locking file for writing. Closing appender.");
+            $this->closed = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function writeWithoutLocking($string) {
+        if (fwrite($this->fp, $string) === false) {
+            $this->warn("Failed writing to file. Closing appender.");
+            $this->closed = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function activateOptions() {
+        if (empty($this->file)) {
+            $this->warn("Required parameter 'file' not set. Closing appender.");
+            $this->closed = true;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function close() {
+        if (is_resource($this->fp)) {
+            $this->write($this->layout->getFooter());
+            fclose($this->fp);
+        }
+        $this->fp = null;
+        $this->closed = true;
+    }
+
+    public function append(LoggerLoggingEvent $event) {
+        $this->write($this->layout->format($event));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the 'file' parameter.
+     * @param string $file
+     */
+    public function setFile($file) {
+        $this->setString('file', $file);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the 'file' parameter.
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getFile() {
+        return $this->file;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the 'append' parameter.
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function getAppend() {
+        return $this->append;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the 'append' parameter.
+     * @param boolean $append
+     */
+    public function setAppend($append) {
+        $this->setBoolean('append', $append);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the 'file' parmeter. Left for legacy reasons.
+     * @param string $fileName
+     * @deprecated Use setFile() instead.
+     */
+    public function setFileName($fileName) {
+        $this->setFile($fileName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the 'file' parmeter. Left for legacy reasons.
+     * @return string
+     * @deprecated Use getFile() instead.
+     */
+    public function getFileName() {
+        return $this->getFile();
+    }
+}