pop-audit

The popphp/pop-audit component is an auditing component that allows you to monitor and record changes in a model’s state and send that information to either a file, a database or an HTTP service.

Installation

Install it directly into your project:

composer require popphp/pop-audit

Or, include it in your composer.json file:

{
    "require": {
        "popphp/pop-audit": "^1.1.3",
    }
}

Basic Use

You can store your audit data using a file, a database or an HTTP service.

Using files

With the file adapter, you set the folder you want to save the audit record to, and save the model state changes like this:

use Pop\Audit;

$old = [
    'username' => 'admin',
    'email'    => 'test@test.com'
];

$new = [
    'username' => 'admin2',
    'email'    => 'test@test.com'
];

$auditor = new Audit\Auditor(new Audit\Adapter\File('tmp'));  // Folder passed to the File adapter
$auditor->setModel('MyApp\Model\User', 1001);                 // Model name and model ID
$auditor->setUser('testuser', 101);                           // Username and user ID (optional)
$auditor->setDomain('users.localhost');                       // Domain (optional)
$logFile = $auditor->send($old, $new);

In this case, the variable $logFile would contain the name of the audit log file, for example pop-audit-1535060625.log in case it needs to be referenced again. That file will contain the JSON-encoded data that tracks the difference between the model states:

{
    "user_id": 101,
    "username": "testuser",
    "domain": "users.localhost",
    "model": "MyApp\\Model\\User",
    "model_id": 1001,
    "action": "updated",
    "old": {
        "username": "admin"
    },
    "new": {
        "username": "admin2"
    },
    "timestamp": "2018-08-23 16:56:36"
}

Notice that only the difference is stored. In this case, only the username value changed.

Using a database

Using a database connection requires the use of the pop-db component and a database table class that extends the Pop\Db\Record class. Consider a database and table class set up in your application like this:

class AuditLog extends \Pop\Db\Record {}

AuditLog::setDb(\Pop\Db\Db::mysqlConnect([
    'database' => 'audit_db',
    'username' => 'audituser',
    'password' => '12audit34'
]));

Then you can use the table adapter like this:

use Pop\Audit;

$old = [
    'username'   => 'admin',
    'email'      => 'test@test.com'
];

$new = [
    'username'   => 'admin2',
    'email'      => 'test@test.com'
];


$auditor = new Audit\Auditor(new Audit\Adapter\Table('AuditLog'));
$auditor->setModel('MyApp\Model\User', 1001);
$auditor->setUser('testuser', 101);
$auditor->setDomain('users.localhost');
$row = $auditor->send($old, $new);

If needed, the variable $row contains the newly created record in the audit table.

Using a HTTP service

You can also send your audit data to an HTTP service like this:

use Pop\Audit;

$old = [
    'username'   => 'admin',
    'email'      => 'test@test.com'
];

$new = [
    'username'   => 'admin2',
    'email'      => 'test@test.com'
];

$stream = new \Pop\Http\Client\Stream('http://audit.localhost');
$stream->setContextOptions(['http' => [
    'protocol_version' => '1.1',
    'method'           => 'POST',
    'header'           => 'Authorization: Bearer my-auth-token'
]]);

$auditor = new Audit\Auditor(new Audit\Adapter\Http($stream));
$auditor->setModel('MyApp\Model\User', 1001);
$auditor->setUser('testuser', 101);
$auditor->setDomain('users.localhost');
$auditor->send($old, $new);

Setting the Diff

The pop-audit component can either do the “diffing” for you, or if you have another resource that evaluates the differences in values, you can pass those into the auditor as well. In the examples above, the auditor object handled the “diffing.” If you want to pass values that have already been evaluated, you can do that like this:

use Pop\Audit;

$old = [
    'username' => 'admin'
];

$new = [
    'username' => 'admin2'
];

$auditor = new Audit\Auditor(new Audit\Adapter\File('tmp'));
$auditor->setModel('MyApp\Model\User', 1001);
$auditor->setUser('testuser', 101);
$auditor->setDomain('users.localhost');
$auditor->setDiff($old, $new);
$auditor->send();