Introducing spatie/ping and spatie/simple-tcp-client
We just tagged stable release for two new spatie packages: spatie/ping and spatie/simple-tcp-client. In this blogpost, I'd like to share why these were developed and how you can use them.
In this section you can read posts I've written myself.
Typehinting Laravel validation rules using PHPStan's type aliases
Original – – ohdear.app
In this post, I'll share how I'm using PHPStan's type aliases feature to make validation rule typehints more readable and maintainable in our Laravel application.
Read more [ohdear.app]
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A package to handle one-time passwords (OTP) in Laravel apps
Original – – spatie.be
Our new package gives you everything you need to build a secure one-time password auth flow.
Read more [spatie.be]
A package to handle passkeys in Laravel
Original – – spatie.be
I’m proud to announce that we’ve released a new package called spatie/laravel-passkeys that makes adding passkeys to a Laravel app as easy as it can be.
Read more [spatie.be]
Running PHP tests in parallel on GitHub actions
A couple of years ago, Laravel introduced a great feature which allows to run PHPUnit / Pest tests in parallel. This results in a big boost in performance.
By default, it determines the concurrency level by taking a look at the number of CPU cores your machine has. So, if you're using a modern Mac that has 10 CPU cores, it will run 10 tests at the same time, greatly cutting down on the time your testsuite needs to run completely.
A default runner on GitHub doesn't have that many cores, so you can't leverage parallel testing as good as in your typical local environments.
In this blog post, I'd like to show you a way of running your tests on GitHub, by splitting them up in small chunks that can run concurrently.
We use this technique at Oh Dear to cut down the running time of our vast testsuite from 16 minutes to only just 4. In this blog post all examples will come from the Oh Dear code base.
Implementing Multitenancy in Laravel
Here's the recording of the talk I did at this years Laracon India. In this talk, I show how we use our laravel-multitenancy package to make Mailcoach tenant aware. Enjoy!
How to test all routes in your Laravel app by writing just a single Pest test
We’ve released a new package called spatie/pest-plugin-route-testing. This package can test all common routes in your Laravel app by writing a single test.
In this blog post, I’d like to tell you all about it.
A package to use Filepond in your Livewire component
We’ve published a new package called livewire-filepond, which contains a component to easily upload files.
Under the hood, Filepond, a powerful JavaScript library to upload files, is used.
A package to display solutions on the Laravel error page
When Laravel switched to a simpler exception page, the ability to display solutions for an exception was lost.
Our latest package, called spatie/laravel-error-solutions brings back that powerful feature. When installed, it will display solutions for most common exceptions.
Here’s how that looks it:
And yes, some solutions, like the one in the screenshot above, can be executed on the exception page too.
In this blog post, I’d like to tell you all about it!
My keynote at PHPUKConference 2024
Here's the recording of the keynote at this year's PHPUKConference.
Generating status badges using PHP
Making sure Laravel's debug mode is always disabled in production
Original – – ohdear.app
Recently, people started talking about a malware called “Androxgh0st” specifically targeting Laravel apps. In a recent edition of Securing Laravel, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote a good explanation of how it works. The malware targets apps with APP_DEBUG set to true. When enabled, Laravel will give…
Read more [ohdear.app]
A mini package to calculate public holidays in a country
We released a mini package called spatie/holidays that can calculate the public holidays of a country.
Creating beautiful invoices using Tailwind and Laravel PDF
Last week, we released a new package called Laravel PDF that allows you to transform Blade views into PDFs. Under the hood, Chromium is used to perform the transformation. Because Chromium is an up-to-date browser, you can use any modern CSS you like.
Some people have asked if they can use Tailwind to style their documents. And I’m happy to report you can. Let’s take a look at a minimal example to showcase this.
My interview questions when hiring a front-end / back-end / whatever developer at Spatie
I just read this nice blog post that contains a few tips on how to interview a Laravel developer. When hiring someone at Spatie, I usually tend to get a feel if a candidate is passionate about our field of work. I ask questions like: Who are the people you feel you can learn from? What blogs are you…
Flare ❤️ GitLab
Original – – flareapp.io - submitted by Spatie
An introduction to the Flare GitLab integration!
Read more [flareapp.io]
How we built our GitLab integration
Original – – flareapp.io - submitted by Spatie
A few days ago, we added a GitLab integration. In this blog post, we'll talk about the road to that integration and our struggles.
Read more [flareapp.io]
Easily create PDFs in Laravel apps
We’ve released a new package called spatie/laravel-pdf, a batteries-included package to generate PDFs in Laravel apps. Under the hood, it uses Chromium to generate PDFs from Blade views. You can use modern CSS features like grid, flexbox, and even frameworks like Tailwind to create beautiful PDFs.
In this post, I’d like to introduce and demonstrate the package.
New major versions for spatie/image and Laravel Media Library have been released
We’ve released a new major version of spatie/image, v3. This package makes it very easy to manipulate images using PHP.
At the same time, we’ve also released a new major version of spatie/laravel-medialibrary. This is a powerhouse package that can associate all kinds of files with Eloquent models. The latest version of this package now uses spatie/image v3 under the hood for manipulating images.
In this blog post, I’ll explain why we made new major versions and how they can be used.
Spatie's Black Friday Deals
Like every year, we have some Black Friday discounts at Spatie. We made fun video about it.