From f0dbf2ba7177eb236342672939f9a68344329ce4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Benjamin=20Beganovi=C4=87?= <k1pstabug@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:01:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] nlog()

---
 app/Helpers/ClientPortal.php |  1 +
 app/Helpers/Generic.php      | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 app/Helpers/Generic.php

diff --git a/app/Helpers/ClientPortal.php b/app/Helpers/ClientPortal.php
index fa885ee689ec..382350ad4af7 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/ClientPortal.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/ClientPortal.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Invoice Ninja (https://invoiceninja.com).
  *
diff --git a/app/Helpers/Generic.php b/app/Helpers/Generic.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef29f83a1195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Helpers/Generic.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Invoice Ninja (https://invoiceninja.com).
+ *
+ * @link https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja source repository
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2020. Invoice Ninja LLC (https://invoiceninja.com)
+ *
+ * @license https://opensource.org/licenses/AAL
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Simple helper function that will log into "invoiceninja.log" file
+ * only when extended logging is enabled.
+ * 
+ * @param mixed $output 
+ * @param array $context 
+ *
+ * @return void 
+ */
+function nlog($output, $context = []): void
+{
+    if (config('ninja.expanded_logging')) {
+        if (gettype($output) == 'object') {
+            $output = print_r($output, 1);
+        }
+
+        \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log::channel('invoiceninja')->info($output, $context);
+    }
+}