In Livewire, you can determine if an event was fired by using the built-in event lifecycle hooks and event listeners.

1. Event Lifecycle Hooks:
   Livewire provides several lifecycle hooks that you can use to handle events and perform actions at various stages. Two relevant hooks for handling events are emit and listen.

• emit: This hook is used to emit an event from the component. It triggers the event and passes any necessary data to the listening component or parent.
• listen: This hook is used to define a method in the component that will handle the event when it is fired. Inside the method, you can perform the desired actions based on the event.

Here’s an example:

// Component emitting an event
public function submitForm()
{
    // Perform form submission logic

    $this->emit('formSubmitted', $data);
}

// Component listening to the event
protected $listeners = ['formSubmitted'];

public function formSubmitted($data)
{
    // Handle the event and perform actions
    // You can use the $data passed from the emit method
    // to access any necessary information
    // Example: Log the event or update component properties
    // or trigger another action
}

2. Event Listeners:
   Livewire also provides a way to listen for events directly in the Livewire JavaScript component. You can use the wire:click directive or other Livewire event directives to trigger an action when an event occurs.

Here’s an example:

<button wire:click="submitForm">Submit</button>

In the above example, the submitForm method is executed when the button is clicked.

To debug and verify if an event is firing properly, you can follow these steps:

1. Ensure that you have correctly defined the emit and listen methods or Livewire event directives.
2. Verify that the event is properly registered and named in both the emitting and listening components.
3. Place dd('Event Fired') or Log::info('Event Fired') statements inside the event listening method to check if it is being executed. This will help you see if the event is triggered and if the associated logic is running as expected.
4. Inspect the browser’s console for any Livewire-related error messages that might indicate issues with event handling.

By using these techniques, you can determine if an event was fired and troubleshoot any potential issues with event handling in Livewire.