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From time to time I find myself in need of invoking private / protected methods, especially when writing unit tests, So I wrote a little helper to handle those situations.

It helps you manage de-normalized tables in your laravel applications. It automatically syncs your normalized tables with source tables using simple configurations.

Sometimes your controllers can get rather large, especially if you have lots of conditions and data formatting. Have you ever considered moving some of that complexity out into a dedicated response class?

The article dives into a couple of methods for customising the email verification expiration time for verification email sent by Laravel for new users. In one case we use the config setting, in the other we override the verificationUrl method to customise how this is generated.

Overview of the new upsert feature in Laravel 8.10, how to use it and some tips.

Today a new version of Laravel FFMpeg has been released: version 7.3. It now has support for watermark built-in! You can add watermarks from your local or remote storage or even from the web.

SEO package made for maximum customization and flexibility

Format PHP dates with ease. You don't have to Google the format string each time. Use plain English to set the format, almost as you pronounce it.

A "note to self" on how to best handle moving from a classic foreign key constrained relationship, to a polymorphic relationship in Eloquent, without impacting the end user.

This is an intro to how transpiling works for PHP: Similar to how Babel compiles JS to make it compatible with older browsers, Rector can convert PHP code across versions. So we can use PHP 7.4 features (typed properties, arrow functions), and deploy it to PHP 7.1.

Laravel blade is a powerful tool, but the blade engine will only compile templates that are actually written to a file somewhere in this tutorial I show you how to use blade to compile any string.

Deep dive into running Laravel on DigitalOcean's new PAAS offering + In Depth Review

There are a few different ways to handle translated text in your codebase, but here we’ll cover 2 of the more common approaches; using the full text in your source code, and using translation keys.

Have you ever used a service provider to set a default value for a third-party library? Have you ever done this based on the current request or URL? Have you ever considered doing this inside of middleware instead?

A quick look at how you can configure your GitHub Actions workflows to only run when a certain phrase is present in the commit message.

This package has a trait that you can add to a Form Request to convert base64 input data to files.

Extension to provide instant access to Tailwind support in mix builds. mix.taiwind(). Work seamlessly with spatie/laravel-mix-purgecss. Forge that import notice ;) https://github.com/spatie/laravel-mix-purgecss#important-notice-for-mixpostcss-or-postcssconfigjs-users

Marje Holmstrom-Sabo describes Tighten's intent and successes this year in facilitating sponsorship of hundreds of Laracon Online tickets.

In view of upcoming Hacktoberfest, I want to share some tips for beginners who might want to make their first contribution specifically to a PHP package. From my own experience, I know it can look daunting to work on a package as opposed to a "regular" (Laravel) application.

A quick intro on how to use states for "nested" Database Factories. The examples covers the Models created by laravel/cashier-paddle package.