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    // set up default logging in Laravel 5.2

    $formatter = new Monolog\Formatter\LineFormatter( "[%datetime%] %channel%.%level_name%: %message% %context% %extra%\r\n", null, false, true);

    if ($config->get('app.debug')) {

        // we're in debug mode, so log everything
        $handler = new Monolog\Handler\RotatingFileHandler(storage_path() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'logs/laravel.log', Monolog\Logger::DEBUG);

        $handler->setFormatter($formatter);

        $monolog->pushHandler($handler);

    }  else {

        // we're not in debug mode, so use fingers crossed logging (https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog/blob/master/src/Monolog/Handler/FingersCrossedHandler.php)

        $handler = new Monolog\Handler\RotatingFileHandler(storage_path() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'logs/laravel.log', Monolog\Logger::DEBUG);

        $handler->setFormatter($formatter);

        $fingersCrossedHandler = new Monolog\Handler\FingersCrossedHandler($handler, null, 0 , false);

        $monolog->pushHandler($fingersCrossedHandler);

    }

<?php namespace Bootstrap;

// Laravel 5.1 custom logging file to be called from Kernel in place of the default logging bootstrap

use Monolog\Logger;
use Monolog\Formatter\LineFormatter;
use Monolog\Handler\RotatingFileHandler;
use Monolog\Handler\FingersCrossedHandler;
use Illuminate\Log\Writer;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\ConfigureLogging as BaseConfigureLogging;
use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;

use Monolog\Handler\LogglyHandler;

class ConfigureLogging extends BaseConfigureLogging
{

    protected function configureDailyHandler(Application $app, Writer $monolog)
    {
        /*
        |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
        | Setup custom Monolog handling
        |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
        |
        | We push error logs to Loggly.  This allows us to create custom alarms and
        | monitor application errors alongside errors that occur elsewhere in the
        | stack.
        |
        */

        $logger = $monolog->getMonolog();

        // log more severe messages to loggly

        $config = $app->make('config');

        $logglyToken = $config->get('app.loggly_token');

        $tag = 'application-' . $config->get('app.base_domain');

        $logger->pushHandler(new LogglyHandler($logglyToken . '/tag/' . $tag, Logger::ERROR));

        // set up default logging

        $formatter = new LineFormatter( "[%datetime%] %channel%.%level_name%: %message% %context% %extra%\r\n", null, false, true);

        if ($config->get('app.debug')) {

            // we're in debug mode, so log everything
            $handler = new RotatingFileHandler(storage_path() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'logs/laravel.log', Logger::DEBUG);

            $handler->setFormatter($formatter);

            $logger->pushHandler($handler);

        }  else {

            // we're not in debug mode, so use fingers crossed logging (https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog/blob/master/src/Monolog/Handler/FingersCrossedHandler.php)

            $handler = new RotatingFileHandler(storage_path() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'logs/laravel.log', Logger::DEBUG);

            $handler->setFormatter($formatter);

            $fingersCrossedHandler = new FingersCrossedHandler($handler, null, 0 , false);

            $logger->pushHandler($fingersCrossedHandler);

        }


    }

}

	// laravel 5.1 kernel (http and console) to bootstrap using the custom ConfigureLogging class
	
	public function __construct(Application $app, Router $router)
	{
		parent::__construct($app, $router);

		array_walk($this->bootstrappers, function(&$bootstrapper)
		{
			if($bootstrapper === 'Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\ConfigureLogging')
			{
				$bootstrapper = 'Bootstrap\ConfigureLogging';
			}
		});
	}