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Generics in PHP using PHPDocs

Sep 8th 2021 – phpstan.org

Generics are available since PHPStan 0.12. This posts explain what they’re all about.

How to Use a Custom Encryption Key for Encrypted Cast Model Attributes in Laravel

Sep 8th 2021 – larasec.substack.com

Laravel allows you to cast model attributes as encrypted strings1, when stored in the database. This gives you added security for any values that are sensitive (such as Personally identifiable information, PII), including complex structures such as arrays, collections, and even objects.

How to install PHP 8.1 RC on your Mac

Sep 3rd 2021 – nunomaduro.com

Good instructions provided by Nuno.

Introducing a new package to add a support form to your app original

Sep 2nd 2021 by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read

We've created a new package that can render a beautiful support form widget on any page. You can read more about the package in this blog post at Flare.

In this stream, I'll show you how to use the package. We'll also source dive its code.

On using PSR abstractions

Aug 26th 2021 – matthiasnoback.nl

Matthias Noback shares some considerations on when you could rely on PSR abstractions

Traits are not inherited

Aug 25th 2021 – doeken.org - submitted by Doeke Norg

Context from traits is copy-pasted to your class and NOT inherited. What does that imply?

Cool Laravel Testing Techniques original

Aug 25th 2021 by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read

In this stream, Brent and I showcase some cool techniques we use in our test suites.

How we're using static analysis to improve our codebase

Aug 20th 2021 – flareapp.io

A static analyzer helps you to find bugs in your code without even running it. Popular static analyzers for PHP are Psalm and PHPStan. In this post, we're going to look at what such a static analyzer can find in a two-year-old codebase.

Don't use Mocking libraries

Aug 13th 2021 – peakd.com

Native PHP functionality and having a good design in the first place provide everything you need to avoid a mocking library.

Laravel Seeders on Steroids

Aug 13th 2021 – ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler

Seeders are a great way of creating fixture data, as well as dummy data, for your development environment. Let me show you how we can make them even better.

Introducing Iterator Functions

Aug 12th 2021 – doeken.org - submitted by Doeke Norg

This post exmplains how you can work with iterators and generators as if they were arrays.

Immutable dates in Laravel

Aug 10th 2021 – dyrynda.com.au

Michael Dyrynda explains how you can use immutable dates in Laravel by default.

Directory Uploads in PHP 8.1

Aug 6th 2021 – php.watch

One of the new features in PHP 8.1 is that PHP's $_FILES super global variable now contains the path to the files uploaded by the user.

Exploring Pest internals original

Aug 4th 2021 by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read

In this stream, Pest creator Nuno Maduro explains how his testing tool works under the hood.

If you want to know how to use Pest (or PHPUnit) to test your application code, consider picking up our Testing Laravel video course.

How to handle GitHub webhooks in a Laravel application original

Jul 27th 2021 by Freek Van der Herten – 3 minute read

Whenever something happens in one of your repos on GitHub, you can configure a webhook to be sent to your app. This way, you can perform some extra logic when a particular event occurs on the repo. A silly example would be to send someone a mail when an issue is opened.

We've created a new package called spatie/laravel-github-webhooks that makes it easy to consume GitHub webhooks in a Laravel app. In this blog post, I'd like to tell you all about it.

Announcing our Testing Laravel premium video course

Jul 26th 2021

Knowing how to write automated tests is a fundamental skill for any developer. By adding a quality test suite to your application, you'll end up with fewer bugs in production. It allows you to refactor with confidence using a test suite that has your back.

We're currently recording a new premium video course called Testing Laravel. It will be released in September.

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