FizWatch Laravel

Laravel client package for FizWatch error tracking. Captures exceptions and sends them to your FizWatch instance automatically.

Supports Laravel 8 through 13.

Installation

composer require fizteqsolutions/fizwatch-laravel

The service provider is auto-discovered — no manual registration needed.

Configuration

Add these two variables to your .env file:

Both are required. If either is missing, the package does nothing — no HTTP calls, no logs, no interference with your application.

Publishing the config (optional)

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=fizwatch-config

This publishes config/fizwatch.php where you can customize:

• timeout — HTTP timeout in seconds (default: 5)
• sensitive_fields — Request body/query fields replaced with [Filtered] before sending (default: _token, password, password_confirmation, credit_card, ssn, secret)
• sensitive_headers — HTTP headers replaced with [Filtered] (default: authorization, cookie, set-cookie)
• ignored_exceptions — Exception classes that should not be reported to FizWatch (default: none)

Filtering exceptions

If certain exceptions are too noisy (e.g., OAuth errors from mobile apps), you can ignore them entirely. First publish the config, then add exception classes to the ignored_exceptions array:

// config/fizwatch.php

'ignored_exceptions' => [
    \League\OAuth2\Server\Exception\OAuthServerException::class,
    \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException::class,
],

Uses instanceof matching — adding a parent class also ignores all of its subclasses.

Testing your integration

php artisan fizwatch:test

This sends a test exception to your FizWatch instance. You should see it appear on your dashboard immediately.

How it works

The package hooks into Laravel's exception handler via reportable(). When an exception occurs:

1. If FIZWATCH_URL or FIZWATCH_KEY is not set — does nothing
2. Builds a payload with the exception details, stacktrace, environment info, and HTTP request data
3. Sends it to the FizWatch API
4. If anything fails — fails silently, no logs, no side effects

Normal Laravel error logging is never affected. The package works alongside other error tracking tools (like Sentry) without conflict.

What gets sent

Each error report includes:

• Exception — class, message, file, line
• Stacktrace — up to 50 frames
• Environment — PHP version, server OS, Laravel environment
• HTTP Request (when available) — method, URL, headers, body, query params (with sensitive fields filtered)