Who Changed That? Tracking User Modifications in Models with Userstamps

Laravel Userstamps is a package created by Matt McDonald which provides an Eloquent trait that automatically maintains created_by and updated_by columns on your model, populated by the currently authenticated user in your application.

Example

When defining your table migrations, you can use the userstamps() or userstampSoftDeletes() methods:

<?php
 
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
return new class extends Migration
{
    public function up(): void
    {
        Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('title');
            $table->text('content');
            $table->string('slug')->unique();
            $table->boolean('published')->default(false);
 
            // UserStamps columns
            $table->userstamps();
            // or $table->userstampSoftDeletes();
 
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }
};

A created_by, updated_by and deleted_by (if using SoftDeletes) columns will be added to your table.

You can now add the Userstamps trait to your model, and the user stamps will be automatically managed.

<?php
 
namespace App\Models;
 
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Mattiverse\Userstamps\Traits\Userstamps;
 
class Post extends Model
{
    use Userstamps;
 
}