..tip::

You can use `MonologBundle`_ 2.4 to display messages on the console. This

is cleaner than wrapping your output calls in conditions (see:doc:/cookbook/logging/monolog_console).

The MonologBridge provides a:class:`Symfony\\Bridge\\Monolog\\Handler\\ConsoleHandler`

class that allows you to display messages on the console. This is cleaner

than wrapping your output calls in conditions. For an example use in

the Symfony Framework, see:doc:/cookbook/logging/monolog_console.

Using Command Arguments

.. _Packagist:https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/console

.. _ANSICON:https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon/downloads

.. _MonologBundle:https://github.com/symfony/MonologBundle

How to Configure Monolog to Display Console Messages

It is possible to use the console to print messages for a certain:ref:`verbosity-levels`

..versionadded::2.3

This feature was introduced to the MonologBundle in version 2.4, which

was first packaged with Symfony at version 2.4 (but compatible with Symfony 2.3).

It is possible to use the console to print messages for certain:ref:`verbosity-levels`

using the:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Output\\OutputInterface`

instance that is passed when a command gets executed.

These messages will get displayed on the console, timestamped, colored

depending on the log level and error logs are written to the error output

(php://stderr). There is no need to conditionally handle the verbosity

settings anymore.

Depending on the verbosity level that the command is run in and the user's

configuration (see below), these messages may or may not be displayed to

the console. If they are displayed, they are timestamped and colored appropriately.

Additionally, error logs are written to the error output (php://stderr).

There is no need to conditionally handle the verbosity settings anymore.

The Monolog console handler is enabled in the Monolog configuration. This is

the default in Symfony Standard Edition 2.4 too.