Using Laravel Tinker in Chrome DevTools
Tony Lea created a new Chrome extension that will add a PHP tab in Chrome DevTools. Nice!
Read more [amitmerchant.com]
Download Files Easily with Laravel's HTTP sink Method
Here's another nifty Laravel method
Read more [medium.com]
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How Geocodio keeps 300M addresses up to date
Using a Laravel pipeline is always nice to structure a process like this.
Read more [www.geocod.io]
Manually setting the intended URL for routes in Laravel
Laravel’s redirect response can be manually set to redirect users back to a specific URL after authentication or feedback submission.
Read more [amitmerchant.com]
Filament Crash-Course: Create a Customizable Admin Panel in Minutes
– tighten.com - submitted by Kayla Helmick
Learn to create a customizable admin panel in minutes with our Filament Crash-Course.
Read more [tighten.com]
Create a domain using Spatie event sourcing
– albertoarena.it - submitted by Alberto Arena
Laravel event sourcing generator adds a new Artisan command that can generate a full domain directory structure for Spatie event sourcing.
Read more [albertoarena.it]
Laravel’s parallel testing on multiple DB connections
Pretty cool that this behaviour can be customized easily.
Read more [sarahjting.com]
Complete Guide to Laravel and Livewire PHP Attributes (23 Attributes)
– nabilhassen.com - submitted by Nabil Hassen
Learn about the 23 powerful Laravel and Livewire PHP Attributes.
Read more [nabilhassen.com]
Why Your Laravel Relationship Returns an Integer (and How to Fix It)
– infinitypaul.medium.com - submitted by Paul Edward
Sometimes, no matter how senior you are, little issues like this can humble you. I recently faced a confusing issue where I was expecting a relationship to give me a User object, but instead, it just gave me a number! After two days of scratching my head, I finally figured out what went wrong.
Read more [infinitypaul.medium.com]
Access Route Model-Bound Models in Laravel Form Requests with "#[RouteParameter]"
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Read about the #[RouteParameter] PHP attribute that you can use in Laravel to access route model-bound models in your form request classes. The article covers how to use the attribute and the problem it solves.
Read more [ashallendesign.co.uk]
Dynamically build Mail, DB, and Cache configurations in Laravel
Laravel’s new build() methods allow dynamic configuration of mail, database, and cache settings.
Read more [amitmerchant.com]
Laravel Custom Query Builders Over Scopes
While scopes are useful for simple queries, custom query builders are preferred for complex or frequently used queries.
Read more [blog.oussama-mater.tech]
Using Ray with your Pest tests
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
Read more [myray.app]
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.
Read more [alsterholm.com]
Fake it till you make it: testing transactional emails with Mailcoach in Laravel
– www.mailcoach.app - submitted by Spatie
Read more [www.mailcoach.app]
Using 1password for Laravel environment variables
Here's how we handle secrets at Flare
Read more [flareapp.io]
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.
Read more [ashallendesign.co.uk]
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]
