Send ray() calls to a free local viewer

1. Publish the Ray config

Run this in your Laravel app, which already uses ray().

php artisan ray:publish-config

2. Point Ray at Buggregator

Set two lines in .env. In Docker Compose, use RAY_HOST=ray@buggregator and RAY_PORT=8000.

RAY_HOST=ray@127.0.0.1
RAY_PORT=8000

3. Call ray() as usual

Open http://127.0.0.1:8000. Buggregator renders 17 Ray payload types, among them SQL queries with bindings, Eloquent models, jobs, events, mailables, tables, measures and exceptions with stack traces. Each payload shows its origin: file, line and function. Click the file path to open it in your IDE.

4. Outside Laravel, use a ray.php file

In any other PHP project, create ray.php in the project root.

<?php

return [
    'enable' => true,
    'host' => 'ray@127.0.0.1',
    'port' => 8000,
    'remote_path' => null,
    'local_path' => null,
    'always_send_raw_values' => false,
];

Ray sends each call to the host and port you set. Buggregator takes Ray payloads on port 8000, the same port as its UI and its other HTTP events, and shows them with the rest of your debug data. Ray by Spatie also has SDKs for JavaScript, Ruby, Go and Bash, and their output goes to Buggregator too.