ads-statistics

The module will track the page view history for all users of the associated website. The module will log 500 error statistics to help with debugging code. Additionaly, the posted data for form submission will be saved in the database. The settings file has an array option that allows you to remove sensitive files from being saved in the tracking table.

Once configired, this plugin will automatically save page viewing history to the database.

(Make sure to run "php artisan migrate" if updating)

Step 1:

Set up composer, add the package to your require tag:

For Laravel >=5.2
"ads/statistics": "2.1.*"

For Laravel 5.0/5.1 use:
"ads/statistics": "2.0.*"

(if using Laravel 4, use "1.0.*")

run

php composer update

Step 2:

run migration:

php artisan migrate

Step 3:

Add alias and service provider to app/config/app.php

Ads\Statistics\StatisticsServiceProvider::class,

and

'Statistic' => Ads\Statistics\Statistic::class,

Step 3b: (for Laravel >= 5.2)

We need to append the 'web' middleware group to run the Statistics logging (app/Http/Kernel.php):

protected $middlewareGroups = [
'web' => [
    ...
    \Ads\Statistics\Statistic::class,
    ...
],
...

Step 3c: In order to log 500 errors, you'll need to add some code to the app/Exceptions/Handler.php Add to or create the report function before the return:

public function report(Exception $e)
{
    \Statistic::error($e);
	
    return parent::report($e);
}

* Steps 4,5 are not necessary if you don't have user authentication

Step 4:

Run:

php artisan vendor:publish

Step 5:

Edit the config/statistics.php file.

Please enter the column names from your user database table.

For example:

  'user_id' => 'email',
  'first_name' => 'first_name',
	'last_name' => 'last_name',
	'protected_fields' => ['password'],

_* Step 6 is not necessary if you don't want to email server errors Edit the config/statistics.php file.

Please enter the column names from your user database table.

For example:

...
'mandrill_secret' => MANDRILL_API_KEY,
'error_email' => 'destination@for.errors'
...