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niladam/laravel-visits
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A simple package to record visits on your eloquent models or pages

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Laravel Visits - simple drop-in package that records visits.
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[](#laravel-visits---simple-drop-in-package-that-records-visits)

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This is a small package that allows you to easily record visits to your models and / or custom URLs, either by using the included middleware or by using the provided helpers.

The package stores the visits in a separate table, so it doesn't bloat your existing tables.

This package makes use of PHP's [inet\_ntop](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.inet-ntop.php) and [inet\_pton](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.inet-pton.php) functions to store the IP addresses in a binary format, reducing your database size.

The package tries to keep the visits table simple, with only the following data being stored:

- The IP address of the visitor
- An optional user ID, if the visitor is authenticated
- The platform (`desktop`, `phone`, `tablet`, `robot` or `other`) (makes use of [jenssegers/agent](https://github.com/jenssegers/agent))
- The referer (if any)
- The entity that's being visited
- The URL that's being visited (if not an entity) - by removing the current app URL from the string.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require niladam/laravel-visits
```

Publish the migration with:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Niladam\LaravelVisits\LaravelVisitsServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"
```

Publish the config file with:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Niladam\LaravelVisits\LaravelVisitsServiceProvider" --tag="config"
```

Run the migrations:

```
php artisan migrate --step
```

Prepare your model, implementing the `CanHaveVisits` interface and the `HasVisits` trait.
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[](#prepare-your-model-implementing-the-canhavevisits-interface-and-the-hasvisits-trait)

Here's an example:

```