Deferred Queue Driver in Laravel 12.35
– nabilhassen.com - submitted by Nabil Hassen
Laravel 12.35 introduces the deferred queue driver, allowing queued jobs to run right after the HTTP response is sent.
Read more [nabilhassen.com]
Convenient Content Security Policies with Spatie Laravel CSP 3 Presets
Shawn Hooper enjoys the new presets we recently added to our Laravel CSP package.
Read more [shawnhooper.ca]
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Http::batch with hooks in Laravel 12.32
– nabilhassen.com - submitted by Nabil Hassen
Laravel 12.32 introduces Http::batch, a clean way to send concurrent HTTP requests with lifecycle hooks for progress, success, failure, and finalization.
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Laravel Notifications: dynamic channels, priority, and delayed sending
Laravel Notifications are one of my favourite parts of the framework.
Read more [crnkovic.me]
Automatically fix production and performance problems in PHP and Laravel projects using AI
You can now use our MCP server to connect your AI agent to Flare. This way your AI has all context it needs to diagnose and fix production and performance problems of your PHP, JavaScript and Laravel projects.
In this blog post I’d like to tell you how you can use it, and how it works under the hood.
Read more [flareapp.io]
Inside the Laravel Service Container
– wendelladriel.com - submitted by Wendell Adriel
Explore Laravel’s Service Container from the ground up: resolution, binding, scopes, contextual dependencies, auto-wiring, and more, and demystify how your app runs.
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Creating type-safe configs in Laravel
This is a great way of handling config values.
Read more [cosmastech.com]
Deferring Events Including Model Events in Laravel
– nabilhassen.com - submitted by Nabil Hassen
Utilize deferred events in Laravel to delay event dispatching, including model events, ensuring listeners run only after a specific closure has finished running.
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Transform your URLs with AI using our new Laravel package original
I'm excited to share that we've released a new package called spatie/laravel-url-ai-transformer. This one can get the content of a webpage and transform it into something else using AI.
In this blog post, I'd like to share why I've created it and how you can use it.
scout:queue-import: Faster Indexing in Laravel Scout
– nabilhassen.com - submitted by Nabil Hassen
The new scout:queue-import command splits your model’s ID range into chunks and queues jobs for each, enabling faster indexing of large datasets.
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Enabling WAL mode with SQLite in Laravel
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
SQLite's WAL mode makes using SQLite database much more production-ready.
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Using SQLite in production with Laravel
– stancl.substack.com - submitted by Samuel Štancl
Some things to consider when using SQLite in production from the point of view of Laravel apps
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Livewire 4: The Future of PHP Components
At Laracon US Caleb Porzio announced Livewire 4, which comes with unified components, performance improvements, and many more awesome goodies
Read more [devdojo.com]
Why I don't use down migrations original
Every once in a while, someone opens a PR on one of our open source packages adding a down function to the migration. I usually close those PRs fast with a thank you and a message “We don’t use down migrations in our projects”.
While down migrations might seem like a safety net, they're often a false comfort that potentially creates more problems than they solve.
Instead of explaining this in every PR separately, let me share why we don't write down migrations and what we do instead.
SQL Generated Columns and Views: How to Use Them in Your Laravel App
– tighten.com - submitted by Kayla Helmick
Learn how to use SQL generated columns and database views in Laravel to simplify queries, boost performance, and make your data easier to filter, sort, and reuse across your application.
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Laravel Headless API + React Frontend: Full Stack Tour de France Tutorial
– youtu.be - submitted by Bert De Swaef
🚴♂️ Build a Full Stack App with Laravel + React! In this tutorial, you'll create a Laravel Headless API and connect it to a React frontend to display 2025 Tour de France etappes (stages).
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How to Make Your AI Agent Program PHP and Laravel with Grace and Style
We've converted our PHP and Laravel coding guidelines into AI-friendly instructions so Claude Code and other AI agents can generate code that matches our established programming style.
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The Custom Tenant Code Nightmare (And How to Wake Up)
– www.eloquentarchitecture.com - submitted by John Freeman
You're three months into a new job when someone mentions "we have a dozen different branches for our customers." Learn how to escape the custom code nightmare with four proven patterns that actually scale, plus real Laravel examples.
Read more [www.eloquentarchitecture.com]
Introducing Rich Text Laravel - Part 2
– tighten.com - submitted by Kayla Helmick
This article continues the series on integrating Trix with Laravel by focusing on user mentions using the Rich Text Laravel package. It walks through adding a Tribute.js-powered mention picker in the editor, implementing back-end support via an AttachableContract and Signed Global IDs, and even scaffolds a notification system to email mentioned users.
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How to monitor your Laravel app for critical vulnerabilities original
A critical security vulnerability was just disclosed for Livewire v3, as Stephen Rees-Carter wrote about on Securing Laravel. The vulnerability (CVE-2025-54068) allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution in specific scenarios. What makes this particularly concerning is that exploitation doesn't require authentication or user interaction - just a component mounted and configured in a particular way.
This vulnerability affects all Livewire v3 versions up to 3.6.3. If you're running any version in that range, attackers could potentially run arbitrary PHP code on your server. Stephan warns us the open-source nature of the fix means attackers may already be reverse-engineering the patch to identify and abuse the exploit.
Many production apps are probably running vulnerable versions right now, with their developers completely unaware. This is where automated security monitoring becomes invaluable - using Laravel Health to check for vulnerabilities, and optionally services like Oh Dear to send you notifications when issues are detected.
