Laravel Model Events dont fire - laravel

Question

I have this code on my controller
public function gracias()
{
$client = new Client;
$client->name = "name";
$client->lastname = "lastname";
$client->email = "email";
$client->phone = "phone";
$client->save();
Client::saved(function($client)
{
Log::info('on saved');
if ($client->isValid())
{
Log::info('SUCCESSFULL SAVING MODEL');
}else
{
Log::info('ERROR ON SAVING CLIENT');
}
});
Event::listen('client.create', function($client)
{
Log::info('event listen client.create');
});
and on Laravel.log I don't see the "Logs messages", the Model Events don't fire. What I'm doing wrong?
Thank you!!

Answer 1

A model event must be set before you actually save your models as #SamSquanch mentioned. The recommended way (not including observers) is to use the boot method.
In your case it would be like this:
<?php
class Client extends Eloquent {
public static function boot() {
parent::boot();
static::saved(function($client) {
Log::info('on saved');
if ($client->isValid()) {
Log::info('SUCCESSFULL SAVING MODEL');
} else {
Log::info('ERROR ON SAVING CLIENT');
}
})
}
public function gracias()
{
Event::listen('client.create', function($client) {
Log::info('event listen client.create');
});
$client = new Client;
$client->name = "name";
$client->lastname = "lastname";
$client->email = "email";
$client->phone = "phone";
$client->save();
}
}
This will trigger on all saves on the model. If you only want to trigger when a model have been successfully created, change static::saved to static::created.

Answer 2

You are setting the event closure AFTER you are calling save on the model. You should be calling save after you define the event closure.
public function gracias()
{
$client = new Client;
$client->name = "name";
$client->lastname = "lastname";
$client->email = "email";
$client->phone = "phone";
Client::saved(function($client) {
Log::info('on saved');
if ($client->isValid()) {
Log::info('SUCCESSFULL SAVING MODEL');
} else {
Log::info('ERROR ON SAVING CLIENT');
}
});
Event::listen('client.create', function($client) {
Log::info('event listen client.create');
});
$client->save();
}