Laravel Audit

• https://docs.spatie.be/laravel-activitylog/v3/advanced-usage/logging-model-events/

composer require spatie/laravel-activitylog
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Activitylog\ActivitylogServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Activitylog\ActivitylogServiceProvider" --tag="config"
php artisan config:cache
php artisan migrate

use Spatie\Activitylog\Traits\LogsActivity;
 
class User extends Authenticatable implements LdapAuthenticatable
{
//
    use LogsActivity;
 
    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'username', 'pin', 'pin_expiry_date', 'mobile'
    ];
 
    //protected static $logFillable = true;
    // This would log all fillable.
    // But to reduce what we see in the log (an example below), we will use statically state exactly what we want to log.
    // {"attributes":{"name":"Richard Strong","username":"G12302","pin":"3680","pin_expiry_date":"2021-04-25T23:00:00.000000Z","mobile":"0851231234"},"old":{"name":"Richard Dunne","username":"G12302","pin":"3680","pin_expiry_date":"2021-04-25T23:00:00.000000Z","mobile":null}}
 
    protected static $logAttributes = ['pin', 'mobile'];
    // This gives the following detail in the properties field - which is much tidier that all values as in above example.
    // {"attributes":{"pin":"3680","mobile":"0851231235"},"old":{"pin":"3680","mobile":"0851231234"}}