README.md

Laravel Database Logger

This package provides a custom log driver for storing Laravel log messages in the database.

Compatible with Laravel 9, 10 and 11.

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

Log::channel('db')->info('Your message');

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require yoeriboven/laravel-log-db

Publish and run the migrations:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="log-db-migrations"
php artisan migrate

Next, configure the database channel in config/logging.php:

use Yoeriboven\LaravelLogDb\DatabaseLogger;

return [
    'channels' => [
        'db' => [
            'driver'     => 'custom',
            'via'        => DatabaseLogger::class,
            'connection' => env('LOG_DB_CONNECTION'), // Optional, defaults to app's DB connection
            'days'       => 7, // Optional, retention period in days
        ],
    ]   
]

Usage

To use the database channel, either:

• Add it to the stack channel for combined logging:

// config/logging.php
return [
    'channels' => [
        'stack' => [
            'channels' => ['single', 'db'],
        ],
        // other channels
    ]
]

• Log directly to the database:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

Log::channel('db')->info('Your log message');

Fallback channel

If the database is unavailable, you can define a fallback channel to handle logs:

// config/logging.php

return [
    'channels' => [
        'fallback' => [
            'channels' => ['single'],
        ],
    ]   
]

If no fallback channel is defined it will default to the single channel.

Pruning the logs

To automatically delete logs older than a specified number of days, set the days key in the configuration and schedule log pruning:

$schedule->command('model:prune', [
    '--model' => [
        \Yoeriboven\LaravelLogDb\Models\LogMessage::class,
    ],
])->daily();

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Credits

• Yoeri Boven

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.