Model logger, extended by Model Observers

ModelLogger.php

<?php

// A class extended by Model Observers to do some general automatic logging
// whenever a model has been touched.

namespace App\Infrastructure\Utility;

use App\Infrastructure\Model\Log;
use Auth;

class ModelLogger {

  protected $log;

  protected $request;

  protected $requester;

  
  // The observer methods we wish to log. Note that these methods must be protected 
  // so calling them will actually call the __call magic method
  // In the observer method we can add additional data to the log
  private $logged = ['created' , 'updated', 'deleted', 'restored'];


  public function __construct(){

    $this->log = new Log;

    $this->request = request();

    $this->requester = Auth::user();

    if($this->requester) {

      $this->log->user_id = $this->requester->id;
    
    }

    $this->log->ip_address = $this->request->ip();

    $this->log->url = $this->request->path();
    
    // Additional data I can log

  }

  public function __call($method,$arguments) {

    if(in_array($method, $this->logged)){
      $result = call_user_func_array(array($this,$method),$arguments);

      $model = $arguments[0];

      $this->log->affected_row_id = $model->id;
      
      $this->log->affected_db_table = $model->getTable();

      $this->log->affected_model = get_class($model);

      $this->log->HTTP_method = $this->request->method();

      $this->log->save();
        
    }
  }

}