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Posts tagged with php
Stop duplicating your Eloquent query scopes and constraints. Re-use them as select statements with a new Laravel package.
– protone.media - submitted by Pascal Baljet
Introducing a new Laravel package that allows you to re-use scopes as a boolean attribute on Eloquent models.
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Building the Imagick PHP extension from master original
At the time of writing there is no version of Imagick compatible with PHP 8. Fortuntely, the version on the master brach of the Imagick repo seems to work. Here's how you can use it. Clone the repo somewhere on disk Follow the steps mentioned here to create the extension. cd <directory of cloned…
What's new in PHP 8
– stitcher.io - submitted by Brent
Here's a rundown of all the shiney new features.
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Upgrade to PHP 8 with Homebrew on Mac
Concise instructions on how to install PHP 8 locally.
Read more [stitcher.io]
A better way to work with a backtrace in PHP original
To get the backtrace in PHP, you can use the debug_backtrace function. By default, it can be hard to work with. Using our newly released spatie/backtrace package, this becomes much simpler.
Let's dive in!
Custom attributes in PHP 8
The ArrayShape one is pretty interesting.
Read more [blog.jetbrains.com]
Modern PHP cheat sheet
This cheat sheet offers handy snippets that demonstrate cool stuff you can do with modern PHP
Read more [front-line-php.com]
Dealing with null
Here's an excerpt taken from Front Line PHP where different strategies to handle null are explained
Read more [front-line-php.com]
Performance improvements in Xdebug 3
Developed by Derick Rethans, Xdebug 2 is the current stable version. Xdebug 3 had its first RC release out just a few days ago, and this post benchmarks the performance improvements in the new version.
Read more [php.watch]
Laravel Media Library: Load Only 1st Picture Efficiently
– naxon.dev - submitted by Daniel Naxon
I needed to display only the first picture from my Product's model media collection and found my app running five queries and hydrating 16 models with only four products to display 😱 . Here's how I ended with only two queries and eight models.
Read more [naxon.dev]
Sunsetting PHP Faker
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 original
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.
Object oriented code done right
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 original
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 original
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 original
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()
– 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]
spatie/once v3 has been released, now uses a PHP 8 WeakMap original
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.
The best PRs we got in October original
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.
