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Logging with parameters
Log Long Running Laravel Queries
Benchmark class
More convenient DD
Log with context
Quickly output an Eloquent query in its SQL form
Log all the database queries during development
Discover all events fired in one request

Logging with parameters

You can write Log::info(), or shorter info() message with additional parameters, for more context about what happened.

Log::info('User failed to login.', ['id' => $user->id]);

Log Long Running Laravel Queries

DB::enableQueryLog();

DB::whenQueryingForLongerThen(1000, function ($connection) {
     Log::warning(
          'Long running queries have been detected.',
          $connection->getQueryLog()
     );
});

Tip given by @realstevebauman

Benchmark class

In Laravel 9.32 we have a Benchmark class that can measure the time of any task.

It's a pretty useful helper:

class OrderController
{
     public function index()
     {
          return Benchmark::measure(fn () => Order::all()),
     }
}

Tip given by @mmartin_joo

More convenient DD

Instead of doing dd($result) you can put ->dd() as a method directly at the end of your Eloquent sentence, or any Collection.

// Instead of
$users = User::where('name', 'Taylor')->get();
dd($users);
// Do this
$users = User::where('name', 'Taylor')->get()->dd();

Log with context

New in Laravel 8.49: Log::withContext() will help you to differentiate the Log messages between different requests.

If you create a Middleware and set this context, all Log messages will contain that context, and you'll be able to search them easier.

public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
{
    $requestId = (string) Str::uuid();

    Log::withContext(['request-id' => $requestId]);

    $response = $next($request);

    $response->header('request-id', $requestId);

    return $response;
}

Quickly output an Eloquent query in its SQL form

If you want to quickly output an Eloquent query in its SQL form, you can invoke the toSql() method onto it like so

$invoices = Invoice::where('client', 'James pay')->toSql();

dd($invoices)
// select * from `invoices` where `client` = ?

Tip given by @devThaer

Log all the database queries during development

If you want to log all the database queries during development add this snippet to your AppServiceProvider

public function boot()
{
    if (App::environment('local')) {
        DB::listen(function ($query) {
            logger(Str::replaceArray('?', $query->bindings, $query->sql));
        });
    }
}

Tip given by @mmartin_joo

Discover all events fired in one request

If you want to implement a new listener to a specific event but you don't know its name, you can log all events fired during the request.

You can use the \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event::listen() method on boot() method of app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php to catch all events fired.

Important: If you use the Log facade within this event listener then you will need to exclude events named Illuminate\Log\Events\MessageLogged to avoid an infinite loop. (Example: if ($event == 'Illuminate\\Log\\Events\\MessageLogged') return;)

// Include Event...
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;

// In your EventServiceProvider class...
public function boot()
{
    parent::boot();

    Event::listen('*', function ($event, array $data) {
        // Log the event class
        error_log($event);

        // Log the event data delegated to listener parameters
        error_log(json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
    });
}

Tip given by @MuriloChianfa