Auto create logs (inserts data to table) whenever a function was called - php

Question

I'm new to laravel and to php oop. My main goal is to call createLogs() everytime a function is called without putting the call method in each function because it's a hassle. I need help please.
I made a controller called WebLogs with a function called createLogs() that inserts data to a table. I want it to be auto-called whenever another function is called. I tried using this solution and put it in Controller class because WebLogs extends Controller class, and all my other controllers extends Controller class, but the solution doesn't seem to work.
So my Controller class now looks like this:
class Controller extends BaseController
{
use AuthorizesRequests, DispatchesJobs, ValidatesRequests;
// Added this function from the solution I mentioned
public function __call($method, $arguments) {
echo 'hello world';
echo '<br><br>';
echo $method;
if(method_exists($this, $method)) {
return call_user_func_array(array($this,$method),$arguments);
}
}
}
Example controller:
class DashboardController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
(new WebLogs)->createLogs(); //I don't want to call this for every function
return view('dashboard');
}
public function showSomething()
{
(new WebLogs)->createLogs();
return view('something');
}
public function updateSomething()
{
(new WebLogs)->createLogs();
return redirect()->back()->with('message','yeey');
}
}
How the functions from DashboardController are being called from web.php:
Route::get('/', [DashboardController::class, 'index'])->name('dashboard');
Route::get('/something', [DashboardController::class, 'showSomething'])->name('something');
Route::post('/something/update', [DashboardController::class, 'updateSomething'])->name('something.update');

Answer 1

Create app\Classes\WebLogs.php with content:
<?php
namespace App\Classes;
class WebLogs {
public function __construct() {
return "WebLogs class with construct function was initialized.";
}
public function createLogs($routeName,$routePath) {
$status = 0;
logger('WebLogs class is running:');
logger([$routeName,$routePath]);
// Save to database here
// ...
return $status;
}
}
Then, create an AutoCreateLogs middleware, it will save as app\Http\Middleware\AutoCreateLogs.php:
$ php artisan make:middleware AutoCreateLogs
With content:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Classes\WebLogs;
class AutoCreateLogs
{
public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
{
$route = Route::current();
$routePath = $route->uri;
$routeName = $route->action['as'];
$w = new WebLogs;
$w->createLogs($routeName,$routePath);
return $next($request);
}
}
And use this middleware like this:
Route::middleware([AutoCreateLogs::class])->group(function () {
Route::get('/', [App\Http\Controllers\DashboardController::class, 'index'])->name('dashboard');
Route::get('/something', [App\Http\Controllers\DashboardController::class, 'showSomething'])->name('something');
Route::post('/something/update', [App\Http\Controllers\DashboardController::class, 'updateSomething'])->name('something.update');
Route::get('/something/{value}', [App\Http\Controllers\DashboardController::class, 'getSomething'])->name('get.something');
});
With app\Http\Controllers\DashboardController.php:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class DashboardController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
$page = 'index';
return view('welcome', ['page'=>$page]);
}
public function showSomething()
{
$page = 'showSomething';
return view('welcome', ['page'=>$page]);
}
public function updateSomething()
{
$page = 'updateSomething';
return response()->json(['page'=>$page]);
}
public function getSomething(Request $request)
{
$page = 'getSomething';
return view('welcome', ['page'=>$page]);
}
}
Then, empty storage\logs\laravel.log, and run with example route
http://laravel-me.com/something/value99
It will show the successful result:
[2022-02-18 22:56:09] local.DEBUG: WebLogs class is running:
[2022-02-18 22:56:09] local.DEBUG: array (
0 => 'get.something',
1 => 'something/{value}',
)
Read more about middleware: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/middleware