---
title: "Events — Options for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "OptionSet, OptionForgotten and the opt-in OptionResolved — what each carries, when it fires and how to switch them off."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/options-for-laravel/events
language: en
---

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# Events

Writes and deletes dispatch events you can listen to for audit trails and integrations:

| Event | Properties | Fires on |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `OptionSet` | key, value, owner | set() — every write path, including setMany(), groups and remember() when it stores. |
| `OptionForgotten` | key, owner | forget() and reset(). |
| `OptionResolved` | key, value, owner | Every read, memo hits included — only with events.resolved enabled. |

```php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
use RoundlyConsulting\Options\Events\OptionForgotten;
use RoundlyConsulting\Options\Events\OptionSet;

Event::listen(OptionSet::class, function (OptionSet $event): void {
    logger()->info('Option changed', [
        'key' => $event->key,
        'owner' => $event->owner?->getKey(),
    ]);
});

Event::listen(OptionForgotten::class, function (OptionForgotten $event): void {
    // $event->key, $event->owner
});
```

## Switches

```bash
OPTIONS_EVENTS_ENABLED=true    # OptionSet + OptionForgotten (observers run either way)
OPTIONS_EVENTS_RESOLVED=true   # also OptionResolved on every read
```

- All three events need options.events.enabled (on by default). OptionResolved also needs options.events.resolved — it fires on every read, so it’s off by default.
- OptionSet and OptionResolved carry the cast value — the same value get() returns. For encrypted options that’s the plain value — keep it out of logs.
- OptionSet and OptionForgotten fire once the write is durable: at once outside a transaction, after the outermost commit inside one (DB::transaction(), setMany(), a group set()), and never for a write that rolls back.
- Events are dispatched synchronously; queue your listener if the work is slow.
- Turning events off silences only the events: the write calls observers and live config overrides itself, so they still run.

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