Traits in PHP and Laravel

ActivityLog.php

<?php
use App\Http\Traits\ActivityLog;

trait ActivityLog {
    public function storeLog($message, $object) {
        // Store $message and $object in database
        SomeModel::create([
            'message' => $message,
            'object_class' = get_class($object),
            'user_id' => Auth::user()->id
        ]);
    }
}

Product.php

<?php
namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Product extends Model {
	use ActivityLog;
}

ProductController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Product;

class ProductController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Store a new product.
     *
     * @param  Request  $request
     * @return Response
     */
	public function store(Request $request) {
		$product = new Product();
		$product->create($payload);
		$product->storeLog('product is created', $product);
	}
		
}

Stock.php

<?php
namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Stock {
	use ActivityLog;
}

StockController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Product;

class StockController extends Controller
{
	use ActivityLog;

	public function store(Request $request) {
		$product->update($payload);
		$this->storeLog('product is updated', $product);
	}

}