🗂️ Laravel Activity Log

A simple and powerful Activity Log package for Laravel. It automatically tracks and records every user action in your admin or user panel after login — no complex setup needed.

✅ Tested with Laravel 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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✨ Features

• 🔍 Automatically logs all authenticated user activity
• 🚫 Ignore specific routes you don't want to track
• 🗑️ Auto-delete old logs based on configurable time limit
• 📋 Built-in default view to see all logs at /log
• 🛠️ Create custom logs manually with full control
• ⚡ Easy installation via Composer

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📋 Requirements

Requirement	Version
PHP	>= 7.0
Laravel	>= 8.x
Guzzle HTTP	^7.0

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🚀 Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require learncodeweb/activitylog

Register Service Provider

⚠️ Important: This package does not support Laravel's auto-discovery. You must manually register the service provider based on your Laravel version.

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Laravel 8, 9, 10 — config/app.php

Open config/app.php and add inside the providers array:

/*
 * Package Service Providers...
 */
Lcw\Activitylog\Providers\ActivityLogProvider::class,

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Laravel 11 & 12 — bootstrap/providers.php

Laravel 11 and 12 no longer use config/app.php for providers. Instead, open bootstrap/providers.php and add:

<?php

return [
    App\Providers\AppServiceProvider::class,
    Lcw\Activitylog\Providers\ActivityLogProvider::class, // ✅ Add this line
];

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🗄️ Database Setup

Step 1 — Publish Migration

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Lcw\Activitylog\Providers\ActivityLogProvider" --tag="migrations"

Step 2 — Run Migration

php artisan migrate

This creates the activity_logs table in your database.

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⚙️ Configuration (Optional)

Export the config file to customize settings:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Lcw\Activitylog\Providers\ActivityLogProvider" --tag="config"

This creates config/lcw_activity_log_config.php. Below are the available options:

<?php

return [

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Delete Limit
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Set how many months of old logs to keep before auto-deletion.
    | Default: 3 months
    */
    'delete_limit' => 3,

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Ignore Routes
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | List route names or URIs where you do NOT want activity to be logged.
    | Example: dashboard index, file downloads, etc.
    */
    'ignore_routes' => [
        'dashboard.index',
        'settings.download.history.activity_log',
    ],

];

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📖 Usage

View Logs (Default Built-in View)

The package automatically provides a log viewer at:

http://your-domain.com/log

Route name: lcw_activity_log_index

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Get Logs in Your Own Controller

You can fetch logs manually and display them in your own view:

use Lcw\Activitylog\ActivityLog;

public function index(Request $request)
{
    $activityLog = new ActivityLog();
    $logs = $activityLog->get($request);

    return view('your-view', compact('logs'));
}

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Delete Old Logs

Delete logs older than a given number of months:

use Lcw\Activitylog\ActivityLog;

$activityLog = new ActivityLog();

// Delete logs older than 1 month
$activityLog->logDelete(1);

// Delete logs older than 3 months
$activityLog->logDelete(3);

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Create a Custom Log Entry

You can manually create a log entry with custom data:

use Lcw\Activitylog\ActivityLog;

$activityLog = new ActivityLog();

$activityLog->create([
    'log'          => 'User updated their notification settings',
    'query_string' => $request->all(),
]);

Available Parameters for create()

Parameter	Type	Description
log	string	A description of the activity
server_ip	string	The server's IP address
user_ip	string	The client/user's IP address
route_detail	array	Array with current route path details
query_string	array	Array of request parameters
user_id	int	Authenticated user's ID
user	array	Array of authenticated user data
created_at	datetime	Custom timestamp for the log entry

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🔒 Ignoring Routes

To skip logging on specific routes, publish the config (see above) and add route names or URIs to the ignore_routes array:

'ignore_routes' => [
    'dashboard.index',           // by route name
    'api/health-check',          // by URI
    'settings.download.history.activity_log',
],

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📁 Package Structure

src/
├── ActivityLog.php              # Core activity log class
├── Providers/
│   └── ActivityLogProvider.php  # Service provider
├── Http/
│   └── Middleware/              # Auto-logging middleware
├── Models/
│   └── ActivityLogModel.php     # Eloquent model
├── database/
│   └── migrations/              # Migration files
├── config/
│   └── lcw_activity_log_config.php  # Config file
└── resources/
    └── views/                   # Default log viewer blade templates

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🧪 Example: Full Controller Usage

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Lcw\Activitylog\ActivityLog;

class ActivityLogController extends Controller
{
    protected $activityLog;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->activityLog = new ActivityLog();
    }

    // Show all activity logs
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        $logs = $this->activityLog->get($request);
        return view('admin.activity-log', compact('logs'));
    }

    // Delete logs older than X months
    public function deleteOld(Request $request)
    {
        $months = $request->input('months', 3);
        $this->activityLog->logDelete($months);

        return back()->with('success', 'Old logs deleted successfully!');
    }

    // Manually log a custom action
    public function logCustomAction()
    {
        $this->activityLog->create([
            'log' => 'Admin exported the user report',
        ]);

        return back()->with('success', 'Action logged!');
    }
}

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🏢 Multi-Tenant Setup (stancl/tenancy)

Agar aap stancl/tenancy (tenancy-for-laravel) use kar rahe hain toh neeche diye steps follow karo. Is package ki migration tenant database mein hogi aur har tenant apna alag activity log rakhega.

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Step 1 — Migration Publish Karke Tenant Folder Mein Move Karo

stancl/tenancy mein tenant migrations database/migrations/tenant/ folder mein honi chahiye.

# Pehle publish karo
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Lcw\Activitylog\Providers\ActivityLogProvider" --tag="migrations"

# Phir tenant folder mein move karo
mv database/migrations/*_create_activity_log_master.php database/migrations/tenant/

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Step 2 — Tenancy Config Mein Migration Path Confirm Karo

config/tenancy.php mein check karo ke tenant migrations ka path sahi set hai:

'migration_parameters' => [
    '--path'     => ['/database/migrations/tenant'],
    '--realpath' => true,
    '--force'    => true,
],

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Step 3 — Tenant Migration Run Karo

# Sab tenants par migrate karo
php artisan tenants:migrate

# Sirf ek specific tenant par migrate karo
php artisan tenants:migrate --tenants=your-tenant-id

Yeh command har tenant ke alag database mein activity_log_master table create kar degi.

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Step 4 — Naye Tenant Par Auto Migration

Jab naya tenant create ho toh automatically migration run ho — app/Providers/TenancyServiceProvider.php mein confirm karo ke yeh configured hai:

use Stancl\Tenancy\Events;
use Stancl\Tenancy\Jobs\MigrateDatabase;

'listeners' => [
    Events\TenantCreated::class => [
        MigrateDatabase::class, // ✅ Naye tenant par auto migrate hoga
    ],
],

Agar yeh set hai toh har naye tenant ke create hone par activity_log_master table automatically ban jayega.

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Step 5 — Tenant Context Mein Normal Use Karo

stancl/tenancy automatically tenant ka database switch karta hai. Package bilkul normal tarah use karo — har tenant ka data automatically uske apne database mein jayega:

use Lcw\Activitylog\ActivityLog;

$activityLog = new ActivityLog();

// Logs fetch karo (current tenant ka database use hoga automatically)
$logs = $activityLog->get($request);

// Custom log banana
$activityLog->create([
    'log' => 'User ne invoice download ki',
]);

// Purane logs delete karo
$activityLog->logDelete(3);

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Step 6 — Central App Se Specific Tenant Ka Log Dekhna

Agar aap central panel se kisi specific tenant ka log access karna chahte hain:

use Lcw\Activitylog\ActivityLog;

$tenant = \App\Models\Tenant::find('tenant-id');

tenancy()->initialize($tenant);

$activityLog = new ActivityLog();
$logs = $activityLog->get($request);

tenancy()->end();

return view('admin.tenant-logs', compact('logs'));

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Tenant Default Log View

Tenant subdomain ya domain par default log view is URL par milega:

http://tenant1.yourdomain.com/log

Har tenant ka /log sirf usi tenant ka data dikhayega.

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Tenant Setup — Quick Reference

Task	Command
Migration publish karo	php artisan vendor:publish --tag="migrations"
Migration move karo	database/migrations/tenant/ folder mein
Sab tenants migrate karo	php artisan tenants:migrate
Single tenant migrate karo	php artisan tenants:migrate --tenants=id
Tenant rollback karo	php artisan tenants:migrate --rollback
Config publish karo	php artisan vendor:publish --tag="config"

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❓ FAQ

Q: Does it log guest (unauthenticated) users?
A: No, this package is designed for logged-in users only. It works best inside admin/user panels after authentication.

Q: Can I use my own view instead of the default /log page?
A: Yes! Use $activityLog->get($request) in your controller and pass the data to your own Blade view.

Q: How do I stop certain pages from being logged?
A: Publish the config file and add those route names or URIs to the ignore_routes array.

Q: Does it work with Laravel 12?
A: Yes, but you must manually register the provider in bootstrap/providers.php — see the Register Service Provider section above.

Q: Does it support multi-tenancy with stancl/tenancy?
A: Yes! Move the published migration to database/migrations/tenant/, run php artisan tenants:migrate, and the package will work per-tenant automatically. See the Multi-Tenant Setup section for full details.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome!
Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

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📄 License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License.

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👨‍💻 Author

Mian Zaid (Khalid Zaid)
🌐 quran.ahlesunat.com
📧 zaidbinkhalid31@gmail.com
📦 Packagist | GitHub

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