laravel-database-logger

Laravel logs to database table via custom Monolog channel + Eloquent model.

Installation

• Run composer require adamcrampton/laravel-database-logger in your project directory
• Add library service provider AdamCrampton\LaravelDatabaseLogger\LogServiceProvider::class to config\app.php
• Run php artisan migrate to set up the logs table
• In config\logging.php, add a new channel for the custom logs:

    'database' => [
        'driver' => 'custom',
        'via' => \AdamCrampton\LaravelDatabaseLogger\Services\LogMonoLog::class
    ]
]

• Update the log stack array in config\logging.php to include the new channel:

'stack' => [
    'driver' => 'stack',
    'channels' => ['daily', 'database'],
],
'database' => [
    'driver' => 'custom',
    'via' => \AdamCrampton\LaravelDatabaseLogger\Services\LogMonoLog::class
],

Configuration

A scheduled task is bundled with the package, which will delete rows in the logs table older than the expiration setting. To use this:

• Run php artisan vendor:publish to publish the database_logger.php config file to your project
• Run php artisan config:cache to ensure the project config is up to date
• Set the expiration length (in days) in your project's config/database_logger.php file
• Add an entry to the app/Console/Commands/Kernel.php file to schedule the cron job, something like: $schedule->command('logs:prune')->dailyAt('07:45');

To run the command manually: php artisan logs:prune

Usage

The package is pretty much a custom channel for Monolog, so you can use the existing facade and methods.

These columns are automatically populated when adding to the log:

• description The log message
• origin The origin value from the request header
• type Log type (log, store, change, or delete)
• result Log result (success, neutral, or failure)
• level Log message level (emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notice, info, or debug)

Additionally, you can pass in a category and sub_category value, which will be saved to those columns when generating a log entry. Example:

Log::info('test', ['category' => 'This is a category', 'sub_category' => 'This is a subcategory]);