README

This is as simple as keeping a diary for your models!

You can record a short message for any model with current timestamp and authenticated user.

Installation:

A) Execute composer require ricardosierra/laravel-model-events

This package includes a Service Provider that will be automatically discovered by Laravel.

B) Run migrations.

This will create a table log_model_events that will be used to store events.

Usage:

Step 1: Add a Trait to your model:

use Igaster\ModelEvents\Traits\LogsModelEvents;

class MyModel extends Model
{
    use LogsModelEvents;

Step 2: Log yout events:

a) Manually

Use the logModelEvent("Description") method to log any event

class MyModel extends Model
{
    public function myMethod()
    {
        // ...
        $modelEvent = $this->logModelEvent("Something Happened!");
    }

• The logModelEvent() method will also log a) the current authenticated user and b) the related model instance c) current timestamp
• This is a public method. You may also call it from your $model instance from anywhere

b) Automatically capture laravel model events:

Eloquent models fire several events during updating, creating etc. These events can be automatically logged. Just define these events inside the $logModelEvents static array in your model:

class MyModel extends Model
{
    public static $logModelEvents = [
        'created',
        'updated',
    ];

• Now every time this model instance is changed, the event will be logged and attributed to the authenticated user.
• As a bonus a report of all the updated attributes will be added in the description!

Step 3: Fetch a list of events:

a) From a $model instance:

// This will retrieve the last 10 events logged for $model instance.
$modelEvents = $model->getModelEvents(10);

b) From a $user instance:

In order to query events from a $user model you must first include this trait with the User class: Note: This trait is optional for the rest functions of this package!

use Igaster\ModelEvents\Traits\UserLogsModelEvents;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use UserLogsModelEvents;

// This will retrieve the last 10 events logged by this $user.
$modelEvents = $user->getUserModelEvents(10);

c) Build your own queries:

All relationships with the LogModelEvent model have been implemented. These are some valid queries:

$user->modelEvents; // Get all model events for $user
$model->modelEvents; // Get all model events for $model
$model->modelEvents()->where(`created_at`, '>', $yesterday)->get(); // Custom Query

// Or you can build queries with the LogModelEvent model:
LogModelEvent::whereUser($user)->whereModel($model)->get();

Step 4: Display Events:

a) Manually

Through a LogModelEvents model you can retrieve the $user and the $model instances:

foreach($model->modelEvents as $modelEvent){
    $modelEvent->user; // User model
    $modelEvent->model; // Model related with the event (though polymorphic relathinships)
    $modelEvent->description; // String
    $modelEvent->created_at;  // Timestamp
}

Note the the $modelEvent->model is a polymorphic relationship and it will retrieve a $model instance on its respective class.

b) Use package sample view:

You may include the model-events::modelEvents partial in your views to render a list of events:

    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-md-12">
            <h4>Actions History:</h4>

            @include('model-events::modelEvents', [
                'model' => $order
            ])

        </div>
    </div>

Available parameters are: model, user, count_events. All are optional