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bluora/laravel-model-change-tracking
====================================

Provides support for tracking current user against model changes for the Eloquent ORM

1.0.3(8y ago)81.4k[1 issues](https://github.com/bluora/laravel-model-change-tracking/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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Change tracking for Laravel Eloquent model's
============================================

[](#change-tracking-for-laravel-eloquent-models)

This package provides a number of traits to track changes made to a model.

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Install
-------

[](#install)

Via composer:

`$ composer require hnhdigital-os/laravel-model-change-tracking ~1.0`

This package's service provider will autoload from Laravel 5.5.

To enable the service provider in versions prior to Laravel 5.4, edit the config/app.php:

```
    'providers' => [
        ...
        Bluora\LaravelModelChangeTracking\ServiceProvider::class,
        ...
    ];
```

State Change
------------

[](#state-change)

Track state changes on your model and by which user for the following states - `created`, `updated`, `deleted`, and `restored`.

Attribute Change Trait
----------------------

[](#attribute-change-trait)

Adds a `saving` event to the model to track changes to all attribute values.

Change by User Trait
--------------------

[](#change-by-user-trait)

Adds events to set a attribute to the current user for when a model is `created`, `updated`, `archived`, or `deleted`.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### User tracking of changes.

[](#user-tracking-of-changes)

Add a `created_by`, `updated_by`, `archived_by`, and `deleted_by` attributes to your model's database table.

```
namespace App\Models;

use Bluora\LaravelModelChangeTracking\ChangeByUserTrait;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class User extends Model
{
    use ChangeByUserTrait;
}
```

#### Turn off tracking attribute

[](#turn-off-tracking-attribute)

You can turn off by returning false.

```
public function getCreatedByColumn()
{
    return false;
}

public function getUpdatedByColumn()
{
    return false;
}

public function getArchivedByColumn()
{
    return false;
}

public function getDeletedByColumn()
{
    return false;
}
```

#### Different attribute name

[](#different-attribute-name)

You can specify the attribute name in the return value.

```
public function getCreatedByColumn()
{
    return 'created_by';
}

public function getUpdatedByColumn()
{
    return 'updated_by';
}

public function getArchivedByColumn()
{
    return 'updated_by';
}

public function getDeletedByColumn()
{
    return 'deleted_by';
}
```

### Track state changes of models

[](#track-state-changes-of-models)

Tracks model state changes externally in database table.

```
namespace App\Models;

use Bluora\LaravelModelChangeTracking\LogStateChangeTrait;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class User extends Model
{
    use LogStateChangeTrait;
}
```

### Log each attribute value change

[](#log-each-attribute-value-change)

Tracks attribute value changes.

```
namespace App\Models;

use Bluora\LaravelModelChangeTracking\LogChangeTrait;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class User extends Model
{
    use LogChangeTrait;

    protected $do_not_log = [
        'password',
        'remember_token',
    ];
}
```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~51 days

Total

4

Last Release

2985d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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