hasyirin/laravel-actor

A polymorphic action log for Eloquent models — track who did what, when.

v1.0.1 2026-05-14 21:39 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.4
• illuminate/contracts: ^12.0||^13.0
• spatie/laravel-package-tools: ^1.16

Requires (Dev)

• larastan/larastan: ^3.0
• laravel/pint: ^1.14
• nunomaduro/collision: ^8.1.1
• orchestra/testbench: ^10.0.0||^11.0.0
• pestphp/pest: ^3.0||^4.0
• pestphp/pest-plugin-arch: ^3.0||^4.0
• pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel: ^3.0||^4.0
• phpstan/extension-installer: ^1.3||^2.0
• phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules: ^1.1||^2.0
• phpstan/phpstan-phpunit: ^1.3||^2.0
• spatie/laravel-ray: ^1.35

MIT

• Hasyirin Fakhriy

• laravel
• tracking
• actions
• activity-log
• audit-log
• laravel-actor

README

A small polymorphic action log for Eloquent models. Record that an actor (any model — typically a User) performed a named action on a resource (any model), with the time it happened. Each (resource, name) pair holds a single latest-state row.

Installation

composer require hasyirin/laravel-actor

Publish and run the migration:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="laravel-actor-migrations"
php artisan migrate

Optionally publish the config:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="laravel-actor-config"

Published config:

return [
    'tables' => [
        'actions' => 'actions',
    ],

    'models' => [
        'action' => \Hasyirin\Actor\Models\Action::class,
    ],

    'guard' => null,
];

Usage

Add the trait to any model that should be a resource (the thing being acted on):

use Hasyirin\Actor\Concerns\InteractsWithActions;

class Post extends Model
{
    use InteractsWithActions;
}

Record an action. The current authenticated user is used as the actor unless you pass one explicitly:

$post->act('approved');                          // actor = auth()->user()
$post->act('approved', $editor);                 // explicit actor
$post->act('approved', $editor, now()->subDay()); // explicit time

Check whether an action has been recorded:

$post->acted('approved');           // bool — anyone approved?
$post->acted('approved', $user);    // bool — is $user the current approver?

Fetch the action record (or null):

$action = $post->action('approved');
$action?->actor;                    // the user who acted
$action?->acted_at;

$mine = $post->action('approved', $user);  // only if $user is the current approver

Get all actions on the resource (eager-loadable):

$post->load('actions');
$post->actions; // Collection<Action>

You can also use the facade directly when you don't have a trait-equipped model:

use Hasyirin\Actor\Facades\Actor;

Actor::act($post, 'approved', $editor);
Actor::acted($post, 'approved');                // anyone?
Actor::acted($post, 'approved', $editor);       // is $editor the current actor?
Actor::findAction($post, 'approved');
Actor::findAction($post, 'approved', $editor);  // only if $editor is the current actor

Latest-state semantics

act() is an upsert keyed on (resource_type, resource_id, name). Re-acting the same action on the same resource overwrites the actor and timestamp — there is only ever one row per (resource, name). If you need a full event history, this package is not the right choice.

Authentication guard

If the actor is resolved from auth(), the package uses Laravel's default guard. Override via config:

// config/actor.php
'guard' => 'sanctum',

A missing actor (no parameter, no authenticated user) throws Hasyirin\Actor\Exceptions\MissingActorException.

Testing

composer test

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.

Credits

• Hasyirin Fakhriy
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). See License File.