Chore: Add debug logging for silent exception in RelationFinder.php

config/config.php

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
         base_path('app' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'Models'),
     ],
 
+    /*
+     * If you want to enable debug logging when a model method cannot be
+     * analyzed during relation discovery, set this to true.
+     * Useful for troubleshooting unexpected ERD generation issues.
+     */
+    // 'debug_relations' => true,
+
     /*
      * If you want to ignore complete models or certain relations of a specific model,
      * you can specify them here.

src/RelationFinder.php

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use ReflectionClass;
 use ReflectionMethod;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 
 class RelationFinder
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ public function getModelRelations(string $model)
         $methods = Collection::make($class->getMethods(ReflectionMethod::IS_PUBLIC))
             ->merge($traitMethods)
             ->reject(function (ReflectionMethod $method) use ($model) {
-                return $method->class !== $model || $method->getNumberOfParameters() > 0 || $method->isStatic();;
+                return $method->class !== $model || $method->getNumberOfParameters() > 0 || $method->isStatic();
             });
 
         $relations = Collection::make();
@@ -95,7 +96,13 @@ protected function getRelationshipFromMethodAndModel(ReflectionMethod $method, s
                     )
                 ];
             }
-        } catch (\Throwable $e) {}
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            // Non-relation methods may throw when invoked; this is expected.
+            // To enable debug logging, set 'debug_relations' => true in config/erd-generator.php
+            if (config('erd-generator.debug_relations', false)) {
+                Log::debug("Could not analyze method {$method->getName()} on {$model}: {$e->getMessage()}");
+            }
+        }
         return null;
     }
 

tests/GetModelRelationsTest.php

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 use BeyondCode\ErdGenerator\Tests\Models\Avatar;
 use BeyondCode\ErdGenerator\Tests\Models\Comment;
 use BeyondCode\ErdGenerator\Tests\Models\Post;
+use BeyondCode\ErdGenerator\Tests\Fixtures\ModelWithThrowingMethod;
 use BeyondCode\ErdGenerator\Tests\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
 
-
 class GetModelRelationsTest extends TestCase
 {
-
     #[Test]
     public function it_can_find_model_relations()
     {
@@ -69,4 +69,24 @@ public function it_will_ignore_a_relation_if_it_is_excluded_on_config()
         $this->assertNull(Arr::get($relations, 'posts'));
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_logs_debug_when_method_throws_exception()
+    {
+        Log::spy();
+
+        $finder = new RelationFinder();
+
+        $relations = $finder->getModelRelations(ModelWithThrowingMethod::class);
+
+        $this->assertCount(0, $relations);
+
+        Log::shouldHaveReceived('debug')
+            ->withArgs(function (string $message) {
+                return str_contains($message, 'Could not analyze method')
+                    && str_contains($message, 'throwingMethod')
+                    && str_contains($message, 'Something went wrong');
+            })
+            ->once();
+    }
+
 }