Sunsetting PHP Faker
Link – – marmelab.com
In this post, Francois Zaninotto explains why and how he stopped working on Faker.
Read more [marmelab.com]
Media Library Pro makes uploading files to a Laravel app a breeze
I'm proud to announce that Media Library Pro is now available. Media Library Pro is an add-on package for our free Media Library base package. It contains a set of Blade, Vue and React components that make it easy to upload files to media library and to manage files inside of a media library collection.
In this blog post, I'd like to introduce Media Library Pro to you.
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Object oriented code done right
Link – – front-line-php.com
Here's an entire chapter taken from Front Line PHP, a course on building moderns apps with PHP 8
Read more [front-line-php.com]
Store strongly typed settings in a Laravel app
We have released a new package, called spatie/laravel-settings, that allows you to strongly type settings in a Laravel app. In this blog post, I'd like to introduce the package to you.
Encrypting and signing data using private/public keys in PHP
For a project, I needed to make sure that a particular piece of data actually came from a specific source. There are already many packages that allow you to do this, but most are not fun or easy to use. That's why we created a new package called spatie/crypto to do this.
Learn all new PHP 8 features by watching this free video course
Together with my colleague Brent, I've created Front Line PHP, a book and video course on building modern applications with PHP 8. You can purchase the book here.
The video course is entirely free. Head over to our website to see videos on all new major PHP 8 features.
Apply Filters Conditionally In Laravel With when()
Link – – naxon.dev - submitted by Daniel Naxon
Ever needed to apply filters on a query conditionally, only when the user actually applies them? Laravel query builder's method when got you covered.
Read more [naxon.dev]
HTML Forms: Preventing Double Form Submissions
Link – – www.bram.us
Here's how Bram Van Damme prevents double form submissions
Read more [www.bram.us]
spatie/once v3 has been released, now uses a PHP 8 WeakMap
I've just released a new major version of the spatie/once package. This version uses the WeakMap class which is introduced in PHP 8. In this short post I'd like explain why this change was made.
Casual Conversation Call #2 with Christoph Rumpel
Here's the recording of a casual conversation between Christoph Rumpel and me we had last week.
The best PRs we got in October
At Spatie, we want to stimulate contributing to our open source stuff. That's why we said that we'd give away some of our paid products for free to authors of the best PRs we got in October. In a way, it's our own small version of Hacktoberfest.
In this blog post, I'd like to announce the winners.
The problems with traditional form uploads
When handling uploads, a traditional input type of file has some downsides. In this streaming session I did yesterday, I explain those problems and share how they can be fixed using the upcoming Media Library Pro.
Build a Remaining Character Count Component with Alpine.js
Link – – ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Learn how to build a remaining character counter in Alpine.js using only a few lines of code.
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
How the Pest PhpStorm Plugin Will Improve Your Testing Workflow
Link – – blog.jetbrains.com - submitted by Nuno Maduro
Users of Pest will be happy to know there's now a nice plugin to improves integration in PhpStorm.
Read more [blog.jetbrains.com]
Laravel Worldwide Meetup #4: GitHub Actions & Unconventional Autoloaders
Here's the recording of Laravel Worldwide Meetup #4. Ryan Chandler showed a cool GitHub Action workflow to test a Laravel app. Next, Liam Hammet demonstrated some unconvential things you can do with PHP autoloaders.
Exploring PHP 8 features
In preparation for creating the Front Line PHP video course I needed to make myself familiar with the features that PHP 8 brings to the table. In this stream you can see me trying out some of these features for the first time.
How to get the most out of a discussion
Link – – engagor.github.io
Here are some strategies Toon Daelman uses in discussions.
Read more [engagor.github.io]
Adding a subscription form to the web views of Mailcoach
After sending a new edition of my newsletter, I usually tweet out a webview URL together with a URL where people can subscribe to the newsletter. A webview is a hard to guess URL that people who didn't subscribe can visit to read the content of the newsletter.
Composer 2.0 has been released
Link – – blog.packagist.com
Here are the most important changes and upgrade instructions.
Read more [blog.packagist.com]
Casting JSON Columns to Value Objects with Laravel
Link – – jessarcher.com
Jess has created a cool laravel-castable-data-transfer-object package. In this blog post she explains in great details how it works.
Read more [jessarcher.com]