Fun with Blade directives
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Some fun things you can do with Blade directives.
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I write my code in the controller
– hakanaktas.com.tr - submitted by Hakan
A pragmatic approach to avoiding early optimizations
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Building Maintainable PHP Applications: Thinking Data vs Thinking Business Processes
– davorminchorov.com - submitted by Davor Minchorov
Learn about the differences between thinking in terms of data (CRUD) vs thinking in terms of business processes (behaviour) and how it affects code maintainability.
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Laravel Under The Hood - The Strategy Pattern
– blog.oussama-mater.tech - submitted by Oussama Mater
Have you ever wondered how Laravel switches between different drivers' implementations? Well, hang tight, we will learn how!
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Primitive Obsession: what it is, how to spot it and, how to fix it!
– acairns.co.uk - submitted by Andrew Cairns
Explains what the Code Smell 'Primitive Obsession' is, the damage it can cause to your codebase, how to spot it and - how to fix it!
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Optimizing PHP for performance
– mateusguimaraes.com - submitted by Mateus Guimarães
Let's dive on how to enable OPCache and fine-tune php-fpm to handle the most requests as possible on a given machine.
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Disabling Composer's default timeout inside of scripts
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Composer's 30 second execution timeout can get in the way of long-running processes executed from a script. This is how you disable it.
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Elevate Your Laravel Eloquent Queries with Tappable Scopes
– seankegel.com - submitted by Sean Kegel
Use tappable scopes in Laravel to break down complex queries into reusable pieces without needing to use magic query scopes in Laravel.
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How to create Wireables in Livewire?
– aleksandertabor.com - submitted by Aleksander Tabor
Learn how to use objects like Data Transfer Objects in Livewire with Wireables.
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Clearing Ray output
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
Learn how to clear your Ray window whenever you want so that only the most recent output is displayed.
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How to Refactor a Method With Optional Params
– lukapeharda.com - submitted by Luka Peharda
Read how I fixed performance issues when refactoring and optimising legacy code with method signature inconsistency, done unintentionally by developer
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Pausing and disabling Ray execution
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
This is one of Ray's coolest features!
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Working with DynamoDB in Laravel
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Learn about how to use DynamoDB in Laravel for caching and storing Laravel models.
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A deeper dive into optimal PHP-FPM settings
– geoligard.com - submitted by Goran Popović
PHP-FPM config files usually aren't something that you give too much attention to until something goes wrong. Here's what you can do when that time comes.
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Ray now supports Laravel 11's Context
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
You can now quickly view what's stored in Laravel's context array.
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Laravel facades vs class aliases
– svenluijten.com - submitted by Sven
Diving into the difference between Laravel's facades and PHP's class aliases.
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Migrating from MySQL to Postgres using Laravel's query builder
– flareapp.io - submitted by Spatie
Discover how we migrated Flare from MySQL to Postgress with the help of Laravel's query builder.
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Embed Livewire Components Using Wire Extender
– wire-elements.dev - submitted by Philo
Wire Extender allows you to embed any Livewire component on any website or even within a static HTML file.
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Adding text to an image using PHP and GD
– rias.be
There might be many reasons you need to add text on top of an existing image.
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Reducing PHP's CPU usage by nearly 40% by upgrading from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04
At Oh Dear we've updated the OS on our servers and discovered a pretty nice side effect.
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