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Expand Up @@ -180,6 +180,16 @@ An array of contextual data may also be passed to the log methods. This contextu
Log::info('User failed to login.', ['id' => $user->id]);
```

#### Skipping database logging

You can set `'skipDatabaseLog' => true` in the context data array to disable database logging.

```php
Log::info('New user acces.', ['id' => $user->id, 'skipDatabaseLog' => true]);
```

> **NOTE**: It is not recommended to skip database logging for important or critical information, as they would then no longer be accessible to administrators authenticated in the backend, but only by reading log files.

### Helper functions

There are some global helper methods available to make logging easier. The `trace_log` function is an alias for `Log::info` with support for using arrays and exceptions as the message.
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