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Encrypting Laravel Eloquent models with CipherSweet

Jul 1st 2022 – rias.be

We've just released laravel-ciphersweet. This package is a wrapper over CipherSweet, which allows you to easily use it with Laravel's Eloquent models.

Linked Lists explained in PHP

Jun 30th 2022 – doeken.org - submitted by Doeke Norg

Linked lists are a linear data structure that provides quick insertion and deletion.

Introducing sidecar-browsershot

Jun 30th 2022 – stefanzweifel.io - submitted by Stefan Zweifel

A short introduction to sidecar-browsershot package: How it works and for what it can be used for.

Using the `Attachable` interface to attach any kind of object to a mail in a Laravel app original

Jun 26th 2022 by Freek Van der Herten – 4 minute read

Laravel 9 has gained a excellent new way to attach files in mails. Using the Attachable interface, you can specify what should happen when an object gets used as an attachment.

Using our media library package you can easily associate any file with an Eloquent model. We've added support for Laravel's Attachable in the latest version of the package.

In this blog post, I'd like to tell you all about it.

Highlighting code using Sidecar & Shiki

Jun 26th 2022 – rias.be

Shiki is a beautiful syntax highlighter powered by the same language engine that many code editors use. We've just released a package that allows you to run Shiki on AWS Lambda through Sidecar.

A Laravel package to onboard your users

Jun 21st 2022 – rias.be

Onboarding your users is one of the most important things you can do in your SaaS or application. After all, first impressions matter! Caleb Porzio has created an onboard package for Laravel which we (at Spatie) recently took over development and maintenance on.

Add Interfaces to Laravel to Increase Code Readability and Verbosity

Jun 21st 2022 – www.aaronsaray.com

Personally I don't know if this is a good practice, but you (and future me) might like it.

Upgrading to native PHP enums

Jun 20th 2022 – tomasvotruba.com

Tomas Votruba explains how you can refactor old enum classes (from Spatie and MyCLabs) to native PHP enums

Adding a Laravel backend to a Remix App

Jun 17th 2022 – davecalnan.blog

Dave Calnan has been using Remix in production for about 6 months now and has decided to add a Laravel backend to the stack. Here's what he's learned from the process.

Variadic arguments in PHP

Jun 16th 2022 – www.exakat.io

A good overview what you can do with variadic arguments...

New UUID formats

Jun 16th 2022 – www.ietf.org

There are a couple of nice ideas there to solve longstanding problems with UUIDs

Restructuring a Laravel Controller using Services, Events, Jobs, Actions, and more

Jun 1st 2022 – laravel-news.com

Laravel gives you the flexibility to choose the structure of controllers yourself, which is both a blessing and a curse. You won't find any recommendations in the official Laravel docs, so let's try to discuss various options, based on one specific example.

Use Laravel's HTTP Client with Facebook's Business SDK

May 31st 2022 – stefanzweifel.io - submitted by Stefan Zweifel

Ever needed to work with an SDK and wished you could use Http::fake() in your Laravel tests? This blog post explains how you can achieve this for the Facebook Business SDK using the Adapter pattern.

Using login links in a Laravel app original

May 30th 2022 by Freek Van der Herten – 3 minute read

I'm proud to announce that our team has launched a new package called spatie/laravel-login-link.

In this blog post, I'd like to tell you all about it.

35 Laravel Eloquent tips

May 26th 2022 – martinjoo.dev

Martin Joo shares some cool things you can do with Laravel's ORM.

Using Request Factories for Gorgeous Feature Tests

May 25th 2022 – downing.tech

A cool new package made by Luke Downing

How to add a spotlight-like search field to your Laravel app original

May 19th 2022 by Freek Van der Herten – 6 minute read

As developers, we tend to like shortcuts to speed up our workflow. One of the tools I'm using to speed up doing stuff on my Mac is Raycast. It offers a lovely command palette that allows opening apps and URLs, working with clipboard history, and much more.

Wouldn't it be nice to also add such a command palette to a Laravel app? This way, power users of your app can get around quickly and perform small tasks without having to click around.

The good news is that there's already a package to add such a thing: Spotlight by Philo Hermans. In this blog post, I'd like to show how we use this fantastic package at Oh Dear.

How to send e-mails in Laravel with Tailwind CSS

May 19th 2022 – ralphjsmit.com - submitted by Ralph J. Smit

In this tutorial I'll show you how to send e-mails from Laravel with Tailwind CSS. I'll learn you how to set this up and how to inline all the Tailwind CSS-classes.

The Gambler's Ruin, Illustrated with PHP

May 18th 2022 – laracasts.com

Jeffrey Way of Laracasts demonstrates what the Gambler's Ruin is using PHP.

Extensible Blade Components

May 17th 2022 – tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta

In this post, Marcus explains the fundamentals of Blade components. A great introduction or review, this post walks you through the process of creating an extensible button component that contains the code common between button types, with additional interactivity powered by Alpine.