Traits are a wonderful thing in PHP. You can use them to reduce code duplication by putting common functions in a trait and apply them to all classes where those functions are needed. I also sometimes use traits to break up a large function in multiple single-use traits.
In this post, I'd like to show you how you can override a trait function and call it from the overriding function.
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In light of the upcoming Hacktoberfest, John Braun shares some tips for beginners who might want to make their first contribution specifically to a PHP package.
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A quick intro on how to use states for "nested" Database Factories. The examples covers the Models created by laravel/cashier-paddle package.
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Modern applications don’t crash; they hang. One of the main reasons for it is the assumption that the network is reliable. It isn’t.
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Dan Manson explains how you can run that shiny new schema:dump command on GitHub actions. Pretty cool
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Maggie Johnson-Pint discusses where the JavaScript Date goes bad, better ways to model the date and time space in our code, and how the Temporal proposal making its way through TC39 helps us write correct code for every person in every time zone.
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Laravel makes use of the internal Pipeline class and it's more common in userland too, but have you ever considered tidying up these pipeline processes with custom pipeline classes?
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In this post Mohamed Said shared the possible ways to switch between drivers.
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In this example chapter taken from the Laravel Beyond CRUD course, Brent explains a good strategy to handle data
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When writing an end-to-end test, it is tricky to force the application to use a certain (fake) date. In this post, John Braun shares his approach using a custom middleware to be able to write Cypress tests while your application state uses a specific (fake) date.
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Earlier this year, Apple announced that it limit the lifetime of trusted certificates to 398 days. Shortly after, both Firefox and Chrome followed in their footsteps.
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In this video you'll learn how add support for multiple PHP and Laravel versions, and how to run the tests against all combinations of Laravel and PHP.
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Geoffrey Dhuyvetters demonstrates how you can create serverless functions and run them on Vercel.
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Christop Rumpel shares some good tips on how to refactor code.
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Instead of focusing of how to get a positive outcome, you might consider thinking about reasons why you'll get a negative outcome. This could possibly lead to new perspectives that you might had not considered otherwise.
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In this stream I share how Mattias Geniar and I started and are growing Oh Dear. Halfway the stream, Simon Bennet joins me to talk about Snapshooter.
Mohamed Said wrote a good post on how the shiny new batching functionality works in Laravel 8
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PEST v0.3 features a new expectation API, a brand new PHPStorm plugin, and more.
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Using our spatie/laravel-short-schedule package you can schedule commands at sub-minute intervals.
