README

This package allow you to track who created, updated and deleted Eloquent models in Laravel.

Installation

You can install this package via composer using:

composer require astalpaert/laravel-blamable

The package will automatically register itself.

Usage

Implement Blamable fields

The package provides 2 convenient methods addBlamableFields() and removeBlamableFields() which you may use in your migrations to make sure that the database table has the required columns (created_by, updated_by and deleted_by).

    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('dummy_models', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->addBlamableFields();
        });
    }

    public function down()
    {
        Schema::table('dummy_models', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->removeBlamableFields();
        });
    }

Implement Blamable logic

You may then use the Blamable trait on the model.

use Astalpaert\LaravelBlamable\Traits\Blamable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class DummyModel extends Model
{
    use Blamable;
    //use SoftDeletes;
}

Et voilà! The package will fill the blamable columns automatically after creating, updating and deleting the model.

Configuration

To publish the config file to config/astalpaert-blamable.php run:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Astalpaert\LaravelBlamable\Providers\BlamableServiceProvider"

Implement User model

By default, the name attribute of the authenticated User is used to fill the blamable column. This is configurable in the config under attribute_name:

return [
    'user' => [
        'attribute_name' => 'name',
    ],
];

You may also use an accessor in the model for more flexibility:

public function getNameAttribute(): string
{
    return "$this->first_name $this->last_name";
}

Note: The blamable fields are string columns, so make sure the name is a string.

Implement default value

By default, when there is no authenticated user, the value SYSTEM is used to fill the blamable column. This is configurable in the config under default:

return [
    'user' => [
        'default' => 'SYSTEM',
    ],
];