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What happens when we clone?

Sep 24th 2021 – doeken.org - submitted by Doeke Norg

Cloning is a nice way of creating a quick copy of an object. But there are some things you need to be aware of!

Creating an `Option` Type in PHP

Sep 23rd 2021 – ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler

Let's take a look at how we can create a custom Option type to handle optional values in PHP.

Announcing x-ray for Ray

Sep 17th 2021 – dev.to - submitted by Patrick

Using this package, you can quickly scan source code for calls to Ray

Building a PHPUnit to Pest Converter in a week

Sep 14th 2021 – jasonmccreary.me

Jason McCreary explains why and how he created his cool Pest converter

Strategies for decreasing the number of queries in a Laravel app original

Sep 13th 2021 by Freek Van der Herten – 13 minute read

Oh Dear is all-in-one solution to monitor your site that my buddy Mattias Geniar and I have created. It can monitoring uptime, certificates, broken links, scheduled jobs, and much more.

Under the hood, Oh Dear is a large Laravel application that performs many queries all of the time. To power future features, we've recently changed our database structure and refactored some pieces in our code base. We increased performance by decreasing the number of queries.

In this blog post, we'd like to to share some techniques that might be helpfull to increase the performance of your Laravel app too.

Linking to Flare errors on your error page

Sep 13th 2021 – flareapp.io

We've launched a new feature that will make it easier for users of your app to report specific errors.

Fun with PHPUnit Data Providers

Sep 13th 2021 – peakd.com

Data providers are a PHPUnit feature (and many testing frameworks have an equivalent) that lets you run a single test method multiple times but with different data. Larry Garflied shows some cool things you can do with them.

Source diving Pest Parallel Testing original

Sep 9th 2021 by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read

In this stream, Luke Downing shows us around in the source code of Pest parallel plugin he created.

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.