Day 2: Capturing Laravel Logs and Sending Errors to AI Debugger
In Day 1, we set up an AI-powered Laravel debugger using OpenAI to analyze errors. Today, we’ll automatically capture Laravel logs and send errors to our AI debugger for real-time analysis.
Step 1: Configure Laravel Logging
Laravel uses Monolog for logging. By default, errors are stored in storage/logs/laravel.log. We’ll customize this behavior to automatically send logs to our AI Debugger.
1. Create a Custom Log Channel
Open config/logging.php and add a new custom channel inside the channels array:
'channels' => [
// Default channels...
'ai_debugger' => [
'driver' => 'single',
'path' => storage_path('logs/ai_debugger.log'),
'level' => 'error',
],
],
Now, Laravel will log errors separately in storage/logs/ai_debugger.log.
Step 2: Create a Custom Log Handler
To automatically send errors to AI Debugger, we’ll create a custom Laravel log handler.
1. Create a Log Listener
Run:
php artisan make:listener LogErrorListener
Open app/Listeners/LogErrorListener.php and modify:
namespace App\Listeners;
use Illuminate\Log\Events\MessageLogged;
use App\Services\AIDebuggerService;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
class LogErrorListener implements ShouldQueue
{
protected $aiDebugger;
public function __construct(AIDebuggerService $aiDebugger)
{
$this->aiDebugger = $aiDebugger;
}
public function handle(MessageLogged $event)
{
if ($event->level === 'error') {
$suggestion = $this->aiDebugger->analyzeError($event->message);
\Log::channel('ai_debugger')->error('AI Suggestion: ' . $suggestion);
}
}
}
Step 3: Register the Listener
Open app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php and register the listener inside $listen:
protected $listen = [
'Illuminate\Log\Events\MessageLogged' => [
'App\Listeners\LogErrorListener',
],
];
Run:
php artisan event:clear
php artisan event:cache
Step 4: Test Automatic AI Debugging
Now, let’s trigger an error manually in Laravel and check if the AI debugger logs a suggestion.
1. Create a Test Route
Open routes/web.php and add:
Route::get('/test-error', function () {
\Log::error('SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1364 Field doesn\'t have a default value');
return 'Error logged!';
});
2. Check AI Debugging Logs
Run Laravel:
php artisan serve
Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/test-error. Then check:
cat storage/logs/ai_debugger.log
Example log:
[2025-03-20 12:00:00] AI Suggestion: This error occurs when a column is set to NOT NULL but doesn't have a default value. Check your migration and set a default value using $table->string('column')->default('value').
Next Steps
- In Day 3, we’ll send AI debugging results via email and integrate Slack notifications.
- Stay tuned for smarter Laravel error handling with AI! 🚀
