require_once('log4php/Logger.php');
$rootlogger = Logger::getRootLogger();
$rootlogger->setLevel(LoggerLevel::DEBUG);
$appender = new LoggerAppenderFile("MyAppender");
$appender->setFile("mylogfile.log", true);
$appenderlayout = new LoggerLayoutTTCC();
$appender->setLayout($appenderlayout);
$appender->activateOptions();
$rootlogger->removeAllAppenders();
$rootlogger->addAppender($appender);
$rootlogger->info("info");
$rootlogger->error("error");
$rootlogger->debug("debug");
if you don't use the rootlogger you don't need to removeAllAppenders in order to get rid of the console one.