How to disable laravel logs temporarily?

Question

I felt into a log recursion problem and I would like to disable logs only for a single operation. Is there any kind of runtime switch for Laravel logs? Like:

<?php
Log::stop();
// bypass log here
Log::resume();

Unfortunately, there is no way to do that through the facade like on example above. What's the best way to turn Laravel log off temporarily?

Maybe the best thing to do would be to fix the log recursion problem - why do you get runaway recursion? Are you logging something with a circular reference and it tries to resolve it? If so, maybe the best way is to override the `__toString` or `jsonSerialize` (or whatever) method so that the circular reference is not included in the object when it's being converted to something loggable. — alexrussell, Aug 18 '14 at 07:39
@alexrussell I'm logging to database, but database call from log listener function is being logged... and then recursion happens. — marcio, Aug 18 '14 at 07:43

Teaqu · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-18T09:27:43.893

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Here is a hacky way to do it. Swap the facade instance with a mock.

With Mockery:

$app = Log::getFacadeRoot();
Log::shouldReceive('error', 'warning', 'debug', 'info', 'notice', 'critical', 'alert', 'emergency');

// bypass log here

Log::swap($app);

Without Mockery:

class LogMock {
    public function __call($name, $arguments) {}
}

$app = Log::getFacadeRoot();
Log::swap(new LogMock);

// bypass log here

Log::swap($app);

edited Aug 18 '14 at 09:27

answered Aug 18 '14 at 09:06

Teaqu

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That is so dirty. I love it! Actually the use of `Facade::swap` looks ideal for this. Didn't realise it existed. – alexrussell Aug 18 '14 at 10:48
I found another way, but this is indeed a great idea! :) – marcio Aug 18 '14 at 11:46
I'll mark this one as the preferable solution because it's very general and works for everyone :) – marcio Aug 18 '14 at 13:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 18 '14 at 12:58

Another possible (less general) solution in case you are registering custom listeners is to use Config facade to store state and bypass a given callback:

<?php

Event::listen('illuminate.query', function($query, $bindings, $time, $name){
    if(Config::get('log.enabled', true)){
        Log::info($query, ['context' => ['bindings' => $bindings]]);
    }
});

Log::listen(function($level, $message, $context) {
    Config::set('log.enabled', false);
    // do something bypassing listener who expects log.enabled 
    Config::set('log.enabled', true);
});

How to disable laravel logs temporarily?

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