How to Get the Query Executed in Laravel 5? DB::getQueryLog() Returning Empty Array

Question

By default, the query log is disabled in Laravel 5: https://github.com/laravel/framework/commit/e0abfe5c49d225567cb4dfd56df9ef05cc297448

You will need to enable the query log by calling:

DB::enableQueryLog();

// and then you can get query log

dd(DB::getQueryLog());

or register an event listener:

DB::listen(
    function ($sql, $bindings, $time) {
        //  $sql - select * from `ncv_users` where `ncv_users`.`id` = ? limit 1
        //  $bindings - [5]
        //  $time(in milliseconds) - 0.38 
    }
);  

Some Tips

1. Multiple DB connections

If you have more than one DB connection you must specify which connection to log

To enables query log for my_connection:

DB::connection('my_connection')->enableQueryLog();

To get query log for my_connection:

print_r(
   DB::connection('my_connection')->getQueryLog()
);

2. Where to enable query log ?

For an HTTP request lifecycle, you can enable query log in the `handle` method of some `BeforeAnyDbQueryMiddleware` [middleware][1] and then retrieve the executed queries in the [`terminate`][2] method of the same middleware.

class BeforeAnyDbQueryMiddleware
{
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        DB::enableQueryLog();
        return $next($request);
    }

    public function terminate($request, $response)
    {
        // Store or dump the log data...
        dd(
            DB::getQueryLog()
        );
    }
}

A middleware's chain will not run for artisan commands, so for CLI execution you can enable query log in the artisan.start event listener.

For example you can put it in the bootstrap/app.php file

$app['events']->listen('artisan.start', function(){
    \DB::enableQueryLog();
});

3. Memory

Laravel keeps all queries in memory. So in some cases, such as when inserting a large number of rows, or having a long running job with a lot of queries, this can cause the application to use excess memory.

In most cases you will need the query log only for debugging, and if that is the case I would recommend you enable it only for development.

if (App::environment('local')) {
    // The environment is local
    DB::enableQueryLog();
}

References

• https://laravel.com/docs/5.0/database#query-logging

If all you really care about is the actual query (the last one run) for quick debugging purposes:

DB::enableQueryLog();

# your laravel query builder goes here

$laQuery = DB::getQueryLog();

$lcWhatYouWant = $laQuery[0]['query']; # <-------

# optionally disable the query log:
DB::disableQueryLog();

do a print_r() on $laQuery[0] to get the full query, including the bindings. (the $lcWhatYouWant variable above will have the variables replaced with ??)

If you're using something other than the main mysql connection, you'll need to use these instead:

DB::connection("mysql2")->enableQueryLog();

DB::connection("mysql2")->getQueryLog();

(with your connection name where "mysql2" is)

You need to first enable query logging

DB::enableQueryLog();

Then you can get query logs by simply:

dd(DB::getQueryLog());

It would be better if you enable query logging before application starts, which you can do in a BeforeMiddleware and then retrieve the executed queries in AfterMiddleware.

Put this on routes.php file:

\Event::listen('Illuminate\Database\Events\QueryExecuted', function ($query) {
    echo'<pre>';
    var_dump($query->sql);
    var_dump($query->bindings);
    var_dump($query->time);
    echo'</pre>';
});

Submitted by msurguy, source code in this page. You will find this fix-code for laravel 5.2 in comments.

Apparently with Laravel 5.2, the closure in DB::listen only receives a single parameter.

So, if you want to use DB::listen in Laravel 5.2, you should do something like:

DB::listen(
    function ($sql) {
        // $sql is an object with the properties:
        //  sql: The query
        //  bindings: the sql query variables
        //  time: The execution time for the query
        //  connectionName: The name of the connection

        // To save the executed queries to file:
        // Process the sql and the bindings:
        foreach ($sql->bindings as $i => $binding) {
            if ($binding instanceof \DateTime) {
                $sql->bindings[$i] = $binding->format('\'Y-m-d H:i:s\'');
            } else {
                if (is_string($binding)) {
                    $sql->bindings[$i] = "'$binding'";
                }
            }
        }

        // Insert bindings into query
        $query = str_replace(array('%', '?'), array('%%', '%s'), $sql->sql);

        $query = vsprintf($query, $sql->bindings);

        // Save the query to file
        $logFile = fopen(
            storage_path('logs' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . date('Y-m-d') . '_query.log'),
            'a+'
        );
        fwrite($logFile, date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . ': ' . $query . PHP_EOL);
        fclose($logFile);
    }
);