Laravel 4 SQL log / console

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 tool

Answer 1

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 2

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.