Laravel 4 SQL log / console - laravel

Question

Is there something similar in Laravel that allows you to see the actual SQL being executed?
In Rails, for example, you can see the SQL in console. In Django you have a toolbar.
Is there something like that in Laravel 4?
To clarify: My question is how to do it without code. Is there something that is built-in in Laravel that does not require me to write code in app?
UPDATE: Preferably I'd like to see CLI queries as well (for example php artisan migrate)

Answer 1

If you are using Laravel 4, use this:
$queries = DB::getQueryLog();
$last_query = end($queries);

Answer 2

I do this in Laravel 4.
Just set it once in app/start/global.php or anywhere but make sure it is loaded and then it will start logging all your SQL queries.
Event::listen("illuminate.query", function($query, $bindings, $time, $name){
\Log::sql($query."\n");
\Log::sql(json_encode($bindings)."\n");
});

Answer 3

Here is a quick Javascript snippet you can throw onto your master page template.
As long as it's included, all queries will be output to your browser's Javascript Console.
It prints them in an easily readable list, making it simple to browse around your site and see what queries are executing on each page.
When you're done debugging, just remove it from your template.
<script type="text/javascript">
var queries = {{ json_encode(DB::getQueryLog()) }};
console.log('/****************************** Database Queries ******************************/');
console.log(' ');
$.each(queries, function(id, query) {
console.log(' ' + query.time + ' | ' + query.query + ' | ' + query.bindings[0]);
});
console.log(' ');
console.log('/****************************** End Queries ***********************************/');
</script>

Answer 4

There is a Composer package for that: https://packagist.org/packages/loic-sharma/profiler
It will give you a toolbar at the bottom with SQL queries, log messages, etc. Make sure you set debug to true in your configuration.

Answer 5

Here's another nice debugging option for Laravel 4:
https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-debugbar

Answer 6

I came up with a really simple way (if you are using php artisan serve and PHP 5.4) - add this to app/start/local.php:
DB::listen(function($sql, $bindings, $time)
{
file_put_contents('php://stderr', "[SQL] {$sql} in {$time} s\n" .
" bindinds: ".json_encode($bindings)."\n");
});
but hoping to find a more official solution.
This will print SQL statements like this:
[SQL] select 1 in 0.06s

Answer 7

This code is directly taken form other source but i wanted to make it easy for you as follow it worked for me on PHPStorm using my terminal window i was able to see a complete log but ,after login there was some Sentry thing.
1.add
'log'=>true
inside your config/database.php and below the place ur database name ex.mysql
then add below code toroutes.php above all no under any route configuration , since u can make that under a give route configuration but , u only see when that route is called.
to see this output /goto / app/storage/log/somelogfile.log
if (Config::get('database.log', false))
{
Event::listen('illuminate.query', function($query, $bindings, $time, $name)
{
$data = compact('bindings', 'time', 'name');
// Format binding data for sql insertion
foreach ($bindings as $i => $binding)
{
if ($binding instanceof \DateTime)
{
$bindings[$i] = $binding->format('\'Y-m-d H:i:s\'');
}
else if (is_string($binding))
{
$bindings[$i] = "'$binding'";
}
}
// Insert bindings into query
$query = str_replace(array('%', '?'), array('%%', '%s'), $query);
$query = vsprintf($query, $bindings);
Log::info($query, $data);
});
}
Dont forget to make break point .... or ping me :)

Answer 8

In QueryBuilder instance there is a method toSql().
echo DB::table('employees')->toSql()
would return:
select * from `employees`
This is the easiest method to shows the queries.