My custom logging class for PHP

// based on log class from http://www.redips.net/php/write-to-log-file/
class SysLog {
 const DEFAULT_LOG_PATH = '/var/log/httpd/mylog.log';
 // declare log file and file pointer as private properties
 private $log_file;
 private $fp;
 public $clientIp;
 // the altLogPath could be set after instance has been created
 public $altLogPath;
 // set log file (path and name)
 public $internalIpOnly;

 /**
 * Whether to use proxy addresses or not.
 * As default this setting is disabled - IP address is mostly needed to increase
 * security. HTTP_* are not reliable since can easily be spoofed. It can be enabled
 * just for more flexibility, but if user uses proxy to connect to trusted services
 * it's his/her own risk, only reliable field for IP address is $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].
 * @var bool
 */
 protected $useProxy = false;

 /**
 * List of trusted proxy IP addresses
 * @var array
 */
 protected $trustedProxies = array();

 /**
 * HTTP header to introspect for proxies
 * @var string
 */
 protected $proxyHeader = 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR';

 function SysLog()
 {
 $this->clientIp = $this->getIpAddress();
 }
 public function lfile($path = null) {
 $this->log_file = $path;
 }
 // write message to the log file
 public function lwrite($message) {
 // if file pointer doesn't exist, then open log file
 if (!is_resource($this->fp)) {
 $this->lopen();
 }
 // define script name
 // for PHP 5.2.0+
 // $script_name = pathinfo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], PATHINFO_FILENAME);
 // for PHP version <= 5.2.0
 $script_name = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
 // $script_name = substr($script_name, 0, -4); // php extension and dot are not needed
 $script_name = getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $script_name;
 // define current time and suppress E_WARNING if using the system TZ settings
 // (don't forget to set the INI setting date.timezone)
 $time = @date('[d/M/Y:H:i:s]');
 // write current time, script name and message to the log file
 fwrite($this->fp, "$time ($script_name) \n$message" . PHP_EOL);
 }
 // short name for lwrite
 public function log($message) {
 $this->lwrite($message);
 }
 // takes arrays and objects as params
 public function logdump($someObj) {
 $this->log(print_r($someObj, true));
 }
 // close log file (it's always a good idea to close a file when you're done with it)
 public function lclose() {
 fclose($this->fp);
 }
 // open log file (private method)
 private function lopen() {
 // in case of Windows set default log file
 if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'WIN') {
 $log_file_default = 'c:/php/logfile.txt';
 } elseif(isset($this->altLogPath)) {
 // alternative log path could be set, require full path;
 $log_file_default = $this->altLogPath;
 } else {
 // set default log file for Linux and other systems
 $log_file_default = self::DEFAULT_LOG_PATH;
 }
 // define log file from lfile method or use previously set default
 $lfile = $this->log_file ? $this->log_file : $log_file_default;
 // open log file for writing only and place file pointer at the end of the file
 // (if the file does not exist, try to create it)
 $this->fp = fopen($lfile, 'a') or exit("Can't open $lfile!");
 }

 /**
 * Returns client IP address.
 *
 * @return string IP address.
 */
 public function getIpAddress()
 {
 $ip = $this->getIpAddressFromProxy();
 if ($ip) {
 return $ip;
 }

 // direct IP address
 if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {
 return $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
 }

 return '';
 }

 /**
 * Attempt to get the IP address for a proxied client
 *
 * @see http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-appsawg-http-forwarded-10#section-5.2
 * @return false|string
 */
 protected function getIpAddressFromProxy()
 {
 if (!$this->useProxy
 || (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) && !in_array($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], $this->trustedProxies))
 ) {
 return false;
 }

 $header = $this->proxyHeader;
 if (!isset($_SERVER[$header]) || empty($_SERVER[$header])) {
 return false;
 }

 // Extract IPs
 $ips = explode(',', $_SERVER[$header]);
 // trim, so we can compare against trusted proxies properly
 $ips = array_map('trim', $ips);
 // remove trusted proxy IPs
 $ips = array_diff($ips, $this->trustedProxies);

 // Any left?
 if (empty($ips)) {
 return false;
 }

 // Since we've removed any known, trusted proxy servers, the right-most
 // address represents the first IP we do not know about -- i.e., we do
 // not know if it is a proxy server, or a client. As such, we treat it
 // as the originating IP.
 // @see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Forwarded-For
 $ip = array_pop($ips);
 return $ip;
 }
}