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dpodsiadlo/ldt
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Debug Tools for Laravel

v1.1.1(9y ago)155MITPHPPHP >=5.6

Since Jun 21Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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LDT - Debug Tools for Laravel
=============================

[](#ldt---debug-tools-for-laravel)

A package that extends Monolog and throws debug data to an external debugger.

### Installation

[](#installation)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require dpodsiadlo/ldt
```

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

Once installed, register Laravel service provider, in your `config/app.php`:

```
'providers' => [
	...
    DPodsiadlo\LDT\Providers\LDTServiceProvider::class,
]
```

Also register a middleware for logging requests and responses, in your `app/Http/Kernel.php`:

```
protected $middleware = [
    ...
    \DPodsiadlo\LDT\Middleware\LogSender::class,
];
```

You might also want to change the default (1800) port for external debugger (in `.env`):

```
LDT_DEBUG_PORT=1801

```

### Basic Usage

[](#basic-usage)

Use default Laravel Log Facade that provides access to the Monolog Writter.

```
use Log; //Laravel Log Facade

...

Log::emergency($error);
Log::alert($error);
Log::critical($error);
Log::error($error);
Log::warning($error);
Log::notice($error);
Log::info($error);
Log::debug($error);
```

### Custom requests

[](#custom-requests)

Here is an example how to log a separate custom request with response, it might be helpful for debugging third party APIs:

```
use DPodsiadlo\LDT\LDT;
use DPodsiadlo\LDT\Log\Request;
use DPodsiadlo\LDT\Log\Response;

...

$params = ["param1" => "someValue"];
$targetUrl = "https://third-party-service.com";

$context = stream_context_create([
        'http' => [
            'header' => "Accept: */*\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nUser-Agent: API-WRAPER/1.0\r\n",
            'method' => "POST",
            'content' => json_encode($params),
            'ignore_errors' => true
        ]
    ]);

$res = file_get_contents($targetUrl, false, $context);

if (!empty($http_response_header)) {

    $status = (int)explode(' ', $http_response_header[0])[1];

    LDT::log(new Request($targetUrl, "POST", $params), new Response($res, $status, $http_response_header]), true);
}
```

##### Custom storage

[](#custom-storage)

Also it's possible to store the custom log to a separate log file:

```
use DPodsiadlo\LDT\LDT;
use DPodsiadlo\LDT\Log\Request;
use DPodsiadlo\LDT\Log\Response;

...

$params = ["param1" => "someValue"];
$targetUrl = "https://third-party-service.com";

$context = stream_context_create([
        'http' => [
            'header' => "Accept: */*\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nUser-Agent: API-WRAPER/1.0\r\n",
            'method' => "POST",
            'content' => json_encode($params),
            'ignore_errors' => true
        ]
    ]);

$res = file_get_contents($targetUrl, false, $context);

if (!empty($http_response_header)) {

    $status = (int)explode(' ', $http_response_header[0])[1];

    LDT::log(new Request($targetUrl, "POST", $params), new Response($res, $status, $http_response_header]), true, "third-party-log");
}
```

Log file name will be generated automatically based on `$storage` parameter and Laravel `app.log` config. By default log will be generated in `single` mode.

### Remote debugging

[](#remote-debugging)

You might also want to debug a remote instance of your project. To do that please use SSH client with port forwarding enabled:

```
ssh me@some-server.com -R 1800:localhost:1800
```

### External Debugger

[](#external-debugger)

LDT is compatible with [LDT Console](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ldt-console/icopnphbbahdenofbalbonlkclmfaoio) - Free Chrome App.

### License

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](https://github.com/dpodsiadlo/ldt/blob/master/LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 51% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~33 days

Recently: every ~48 days

Total

7

Last Release

3504d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.6

v1.0.2PHP ^5.6

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b7e627b65692043f420c6fa3ceabe1ff78af32a9489e2978fe05bc0b448104f9?d=identicon)[Daniel Podsiadło](/maintainers/Daniel%20Podsiad%C5%82o)

---

Top Contributors

[![daniel-hungrymedia](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94077062?v=4)](https://github.com/daniel-hungrymedia "daniel-hungrymedia (13 commits)")

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