Oplogger

It offers a convenient and fast way to create a user operation log for any Laravel 5 application. It supports parameters and writes log to database by default but can also be used with a custom repository.

Installation

Require this package with composer using the following command:

composer require protechstudio/oplogger

After updating composer, add the service provider to the providers array in config/app.php

Protechstudio\Oplogger\OploggerProvider::class,

You may also add the Facade in the aliases array in config/app.php

'Oplogger' => Protechstudio\Oplogger\Facades\Oplogger::class,

Finally publish the configuration and migration files using the artisan command

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Protechstudio\Oplogger\OploggerProvider"

You may also publish only the configuration file or the migration using the associated config and migrations tags

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Protechstudio\Oplogger\OploggerProvider" --tag="config"

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Protechstudio\Oplogger\OploggerProvider" --tag="migrations"

Run the migration ( only needed if you intend to use the internal repository )

php artisan migrate

Configuration

Open the published configuration file at config/oplogger.php:

return [

    'types' => [
        'test' => 'Basic operation for testing purposes.'
    ],

    'repository' => Protechstudio\Oplogger\Repositories\LogRepository::class
];

Then populate the types array with all operation types with their specific message. If you intend to use a custom repository you must edit the repository element.

Using a custom repository

The custom repository must implement the LogRepositoryContract as in the example below:

...
use Protechstudio\Oplogger\Repositories\LogRepositoryContract;

class CustomRepository implements LogRepositoryContract
{
    //your custom repository implementation
}

Usage

You may use the Oplogger service in two ways:

Using the dependency or method injection

...
use Protechstudio\Oplogger\Oplogger;

class FooController extends Controller
{
    private $oplogger;
    
    public function __construct(Oplogger $oplogger)
    {
        $this->oplogger = $oplogger;
    }
    
    public function bar()
    {
        $this->oplogger->write('test');
    }
}

Using the Facade

...
use Oplogger;

public function bar()
{
    Oplogger::write('test');
}

Adding parameters to the operation string

The write method uses the vsprintf function internally so you may easily add any parameter you need to the type operation string in the config/oplogger.php

'types' => [
        'test' => 'Basic operation for testing purposes.',
        'myoperation' => 'Has made %d operations using %s',
    ],

Then you can pass an array of parameters as the second argument of the write method

Oplogger::write('myoperation',[4,'parameters']);

// Result will be: 'Has made 4 operations using parameters'

For advance use of parameters please check the vsprintf documentation.

Operation associated user

Oplogger automatically retrieves the logged in user using the Laravel Auth system. If you prefer you may also force to log the operation with a specific user passing the user id as the third argument

$userid=5;
Oplogger::write('test',[],$userid);

The internal repository

If you are using the internal repository, running the published migration will create a logs table with user_id, operation and laravel timestamp fields. Please note that if you are not using the laravel default users table for users you should edit the migration accordingly or an exception will be thrown due to the user_id foreign key constraint.

You may access the underlying Log model adding use Protechstudio\Oplogger\Models\Log; to the use statements.

Exceptions

Typing a wrong operation type key

If the operation key you type in the write method is not present in your configuration types array an OploggerKeyNotFoundException exception will be thrown.

Not providing a user for the operation

If you don't provide a specific user for the operation and the user is not logged in an OploggerUserNotLoggedException exception will be thrown.