PHP - custom Logging

greatLogger.php

<?php

// $this->logger = new Logger();
// $this->logger->setLogFile('admin.log');
// $this->logger->setTextBefore('user: '.$this->getUser()->getIdentity()->username);
// $this->logger->log($log);

class Logger {

    private $logFile = 'logfile.log';
    private $path; // log path
    private $textBefore  = ''; // text can be set in advance, placed before your own logging

   function __construct() {
       $this->path = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../log/';
   }

    /**
     * logging to a text file
     * @param string $msg logging text
     * @param string $fileName File Name
     */
    public function log($msg) {

        // setlocale(LC_ALL,"US"); https://www.w3schools.com/php/func_string_setlocale.asp
        $logBegin = date('Y-m-d H:i:s').' | '.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
        file_put_contents($this->path . $this->logFile, $logBegin . $this->textBefore . ' | ' . trim($msg) . "\n", FILE_APPEND);
    }

    /**
     * set extra log file name
     * @param [type] $name [description]
     */
    public function setLogFile($fileName) {
        if (!empty($fileName)) {
            $this->logFile = $fileName;
        }
    }

    /**
     * allows you to set the text before your own log,
     * - for greater purity = eg set who is logged in
     * @param [type] $msg [description]
     */
    public function setTextBefore($msg) {
        $msg = trim($msg);
        if (!empty($msg)) {
            $this->textBefore = " | " . $msg;
        }
    }

}