Building Maintainable PHP Applications: Data Transfer Objects
– davorminchorov.com - submitted by Davor Minchorov
Learn about data transfer objects, why they are useful and why it's better to use them over arrays.
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Using Ray with your Pest tests
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
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The magic behind Laravel's new defer() helper
Here's how Laravel's defer() function, which was introduced a few months ago, works behind the scenes.
Read more [www.amitmerchant.com]
Embedding Blade inside of Markdown content
Here's a neat solution by Ryan Chandler
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
A Case For Custom Collections
– alsterholm.com - submitted by Andreas Alsterholm
A blog post explaining some benefits (and drawbacks) of using custom Eloquent collections.
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Property Hooks Are Coming To PHP 8.4
A nice video demoing a cool new feature coming to PHP 8.4
Read more [www.phparch.com]
To double quote or not, that's the question!
– dev.to
Spoiler: it doesn't really matter anymore as long as you're using a modern version of PHP
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Using 1password for Laravel environment variables
Here's how we handle secrets at Flare
Read more [flareapp.io]
CPX - Composer Package Executor
– cpx.dev - submitted by Liam Hammett
Run Composer packages, effortlessly. No need to install tools into your app or as global dependencies.
Read more [cpx.dev]
A Guide to Laravel Pipelines
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Learn how to use the Pipeline class in Laravel to break complex workflows into smaller, isolated, focused processes. We'll then look at how to test our Laravel pipelines.
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Optimizing Eloquent: Accessor Caching and Value Objects in Laravel
– www.harrisrafto.eu - submitted by Harris Raftopoulos
Laravel's accessor caching with shouldCache() boosts performance by preventing repetitive computations for expensive accessors. Additionally, you can work with complex data like addresses using value objects, and Laravel will auto-sync changes back to the model. This improves code efficiency and maintainability, especially for structured data.
Read more [www.harrisrafto.eu]
Adding real-time chat in 14 lines of code with Laravel Reverb and Livewire
A nice real-world example on how you can add Reverb to an existing Laravel app
Read more [laradir.com]
Deferring tasks with Laravel's defer() helper
– koomai.net - submitted by Sid
A detailed look at how Laravel's defer() helper works.
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Container attributes in Laravel
These attributes help you inject various pieces of data into your classes
Read more [www.amitmerchant.com]
Top 10 PHP Features You Can Use in 2024
– backpackforlaravel.com - submitted by Karan Datwani
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Handling large JSON payloads and extending the Request class
– geoligard.com - submitted by Goran Popović
See how to easily modify and override methods found in the framework's Request class in order to handle specific routes with sizeable payloads.
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When everything fails, you can always trust the Laravel rescue helper
– flareapp.io - submitted by Spatie
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Using Ray inside your Blade views
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
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State of Generics and Collections
Generics have been on the list of wanted features for a long time by numerous PHP developers. This article explores the different approaches, and what their current state is.
Read more [thephp.foundation]
PHP 8.4 Property Hooks
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Read about the upcoming "property hooks" feature that will be added in PHP 8.4.
Read more [ashallendesign.co.uk]
