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  Laravel Activity Log
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- [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/introduction)
- [ Support us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/support-us)
- [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/requirements)
- [ Installation and Setup ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/installation-and-setup)
- [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/questions-and-issues)
- [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/changelog)
- [ Upgrading ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/upgrading)
- [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/about-us)

Basic usage
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- [ Logging activity ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/basic-usage/logging-activity)
- [ Cleaning up the log ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/basic-usage/cleaning-up-the-log)

Advanced usage
--------------

- [ Logging model events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/logging-model-events)
- [ Define causer for runtime ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/define-causer-for-runtime)
- [ Using placeholders ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/using-placeholders)
- [ Using multiple logs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/using-multiple-logs)
- [ Disabling logging ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/disabling-logging)
- [ Customizing actions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/customizing-actions)
- [ Before logging hook ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/before-logging-hook)
- [ Buffering activities ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/buffering)
- [ Log Options ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/log-options)
- [ Causer Resolver ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/causer-resolver)

 Laravel Activity Log
======================

Log activity inside your Laravel app
------------------------------------

 Easy to use functions to log the activities of the users of your app.

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The `spatie/laravel-activitylog` package provides easy to use functions to log the activities of the users of your app. It can also automatically log model events. All activity will be stored in the `activity_log` table.

Here's a little demo of how you can use it:

```
activity()->log('Look mum, I logged something');
```

You can retrieve all activity using the `Spatie\Activitylog\Models\Activity` model.

```
Activity::all();
```

Here's a more advanced example:

```
activity()
   ->performedOn($anEloquentModel)
   ->causedBy($user)
   ->withProperties(['customProperty' => 'customValue'])
   ->log('Look mum, I logged something');

$lastLoggedActivity = Activity::all()->last();

$lastLoggedActivity->subject; //returns an instance of an eloquent model
$lastLoggedActivity->causer; //returns an instance of your user model
$lastLoggedActivity->getProperty('customProperty'); //returns 'customValue'
$lastLoggedActivity->description; //returns 'Look mum, I logged something'
```

Here's an example on [event logging](/docs/laravel-activitylog/v5/advanced-usage/logging-model-events).

```
$newsItem->name = 'updated name';
$newsItem->save();

//updating the newsItem will cause an activity to be logged
$activity = Activity::all()->last();

$activity->description; //returns 'updated'
$activity->subject; //returns the instance of NewsItem that was updated
```

Calling `$activity->attribute_changes` will return this collection:

```
[
    'attributes' => [
        'name' => 'updated name',
        'text' => 'Lorem',
    ],
    'old' => [
        'name' => 'original name',
        'text' => 'Lorem',
    ],
];
```

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