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 - _NativeMailHandler_: Sends emails using PHP's mail() function.
 - _SwiftMailerHandler_: Sends emails using a SwiftMailer instance.
 - _SyslogHandler_: Logs records to the syslog.
+- _SocketHandler_: Logs records to [sockets](http://php.net/fsockopen), use this for UNIX and TCP sockets. See an [example](https://github.com/pablolb/monolog/blob/master/doc/sockets.md).
 
 Wrappers / Special Handlers
 ---------------------------
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+Sockets Handler
+===============
+
+This handler allows you to write your logs to sockets using [fsockopen](http://php.net/fsockopen)
+or [pfsockopen](http://php.net/pfsockopen).
+
+Basic Example
+-------------
+
+This example e persistent connections:
+
+```php
+<?php
+
+use Monolog\Logger;
+use Monolog\Handler\SocketHandler;
+use Monolog\Handler\SocketHandler\Socket;
+
+// Create the logger
+$logger = new Logger('my_logger');
+
+// Create the handler
+$handler = new SocketHandler('unix:///var/log/httpd_app_log.socket');
+
+// Now add the handler
+$logger->pushHandler($handler, Logger::DEBUG);
+
+// You can now use your logger
+$logger->addInfo('My logger is now ready');
+
+```
+
+In this example, using syslog-ng, you should see the log on the log server:
+
+    cweb1 [2012-02-26 00:12:03] my_logger.INFO: My logger is now ready [] [] 
+
+
+Symfony2 Example
+----------------
+
+In Symfony2, first we have to create the handler service in our services.xml (or similar):
+
+```xml
+        <!-- Configure our socket -->
+        <service id="logging.socket"
+                 class="Monolog\Handler\SocketHandler\PersistentSocket"
+                 public="false">
+            <argument>%logging.socket.connection_string%</argument>
+            <call method="setTimeout">
+              <argument>2</argument>
+            </call>
+            <call method="setConnectionTimeout">
+              <argument>2</argument>
+            </call>
+        </service>
+
+        <!-- Create our handler and inject the socket -->
+        <service id="logging.socket_handler" class="Monolog\Handler\SocketHandler">
+            <argument></argument>
+            <call method="setSocket">
+                <argument type="service" id="logging.socket"/>
+            </call>
+        </service>
+```
+
+And then, change our config.yml (or similar):
+
+```yaml
+parameters:
+    logging.socket.connection_string:  'unix:///var/log/httpd_app_log.socket'
+
+monolog:
+    handlers:
+        main:
+            type:  stream
+            path:  %kernel.logs_dir%/%kernel.environment%.log
+            level: debug
+        firephp:
+            type:  firephp
+            level: info
+        custom:
+            type:  service
+            id:    logging.socket_handler
+```