Exception Reporting Trait for Laravel < 5.4

ReportsExceptions.php

<?php
namespace App\Traits;

use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Arrayable;

/**
 * Trait ReportsExceptions
 *
 * @package App\Traits
 * @usage   Add `App\Traits\ReportsExceptions` to your class
 *          Then `static::report($exception[,$payload])` anywhere.
 */
trait ReportsExceptions
{
    /**
     * Report an exception to the log.
     *
     * @param  \Exception  $exception
     * @param  mixed       $payload
     */
    protected static function report(\Exception $exception, $payload = null)
    {
        Log::error($exception->getMessage(), static::makeExceptionArray($exception, $payload));
    }

    /**
     * Make an Array for reporting the Exception and payload.
     *
     * @param  \Exception  $exception
     * @param  mixed       $payload
     *
     * @return array
     */
    protected static function makeExceptionArray(\Exception $exception, $payload = null)
    {
        $array = [
            'error' => [
                'message' => $exception->getMessage(),
                'status' => $exception->getStatusCode() ?? 500,
                'code'  => $exception->getCode(),
                'statusText' => $exception->getMessage(),
            ]
        ];

        // Only add debug info if app is in debug mode.
        if(config('app.debug')) {
            $payload['error']['debug'] = [
                'exception' => get_class($exception),
                'file' => $exception->getFile(),
                'line' => $exception->getLine(),
                'trace' => collect($exception->getTrace())->map(static function ($trace) {
                    return Arr::except($trace, ['args']);
                })->all()
            ];
        }

        // Add and format payload if it is included
        switch($payload) {
            case null:
                break;
            case $payload instanceof Arrayable:
                $array['payload'] = $payload->toArray();
                break;
            case is_array($payload):
            case is_object($payload):
                $array['payload'] = (array) $payload;
                break;
            default:
                $array['payload'] = $payload;
        }

        return $array;
    }
}