Disable Log::info in production using Laravel

Question

I assumed that by default the Log::info calls wouldn't log in production, but they are still coming in.

Im setting production using my .env file

APP_ENV=production
APP_DEBUG=false

Ive tried these commands as well, but no luck

composer dump-autoload
php artisan cache:clear
php artisan optimize

Am i missing something?

Answer 1

Well, I think that it's too late to search for all the Log::info() and do the proposed answer by @jon__o

if (App::environment('local', 'staging')) {
    Log::info($error);
}

But you can still do something. You can override the default Laravel logger instance with your own implementation.

Go to your ApplicationServiceProvider and override the log instance with a custom one:

/**
 * Register any application services.
 *
 * @return void
 */
public function register()
{
    $this->registerLogger();
}

/**
 * Register the logger instance in the container.
 *
 * @return MyCustomWriter
 */
protected function registerLogger()
{
    $this->app->instance('log', $log = new MyCustomWriter(
        new Monolog($this->app->environment()), $app['events'])
    );

    $log->dontLogInfoOnEnvironmnets(['production', 'staging', 'other']);
    return $log;
}

Now you can create your custom writer by just extending the Laravel's Writer and overriding the info() method.

class MyCustomWriter extends \Illuminate\Log\Writer
{

    protected $dontInfoOn = [];

    /**
     * Log an informational message to the logs.
     *
     * @param  string  $message
     * @param  array  $context
     * @return void
     */
    public function info($message, array $context = [])
    {
        // Since we are providing the app environment to the Monolog instance in out ApplicationServiceProvider
        // we can get the environment from the Monolog getName() method
        if(!in_array($this->monolog->getName(), $this->dontInfoOn)) {
            return parent::info($message, $context);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Don't log info() on the supplied environments .
     *
     * @param  array  $environments
     * @return void
     */
    public function dontLogInfoOnEnvironmnets(array $environments)
    {
        $this->dontInfoOn = $environments;
    }
}

This way, you can still keep you Log::info on testing environments without checking every time.