Is it time to ditch MySQL and PostgreSQL for SQLite?
– onfold.sh - submitted by Nicolas Beauvais – Edit
SQLite is getting all the hype lately, but can it really compete with MySQL and PostgreSQL for production web applications?
Read more [onfold.sh]
The infamous Repository Pattern in PHP
– doeken.org - submitted by Doeke Norg – Edit
The repository pattern is a data source abstraction that behaves like a collection; containing domain (value) objects. In this post we'll be exploring what a repository is, and what it is not.
Read more [doeken.org]
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Refreshing your Livewire components using event listeners
– wire-elements.dev - submitted by Philo – Edit
Let's take a look at how we can refresh our component when events occur using the new #[On] attribute.
Read more [wire-elements.dev]
Pest comes with Ray integration out of the box
Discover how Pest offers a Ray integration out of the box!
Read more [myray.app]
Generating status badges using PHP original
by Freek Van der Herten – 5 minute read – Edit
My Favourite Alpine.js Plugins
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler – Edit
I've been using Alpine.js for a long time now, these are a few of my favourite plugins.
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
Generate PDFs in Laravel: A Deep Dive into Laravel PDF Export with Spatie/Browsershot
– www.youtube.com - submitted by Harish Kumar – Edit
Spatie/BrowserShot is a versatile Laravel package that facilitates the generation of PDFs or screenshots by leveraging headless browsers. This package seamlessly integrates with Laravel applications, allowing developers to capture the rendered HTML of web pages or views and convert them into PDFs or images.
Read more [www.youtube.com]
Exploring Laravel Login Link
– laracasts.com – Edit
Here's a cool Laracasts video made by Christoph Rumpel that demostrates our spatie/laravel-login-link package.
Read more [laracasts.com]
Using interfaces in third-party packages
– svenluijten.com - submitted by Sven – Edit
How to effectively use interfaces to make your PHP package easier to work with and more customizable than ever before.
Read more [svenluijten.com]
Keycode Event Helper
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler – Edit
I built this small little helper tool that makes it easy to see information about key presses inside of JavaScript events.
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
What is a Command Bus?
– www.youtube.com - submitted by Andrew Cairns – Edit
Take a quick look at what is a Command Bus and develop a mental model on how to think about it and it's purpose.
Read more [www.youtube.com]
Making sure Laravel's debug mode is always disabled in production original
– ohdear.app – Edit
Recently, people started talking about a malware called “Androxgh0st” specifically targeting Laravel apps. In a recent edition of Securing Laravel, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote a good explanation of how it works. The malware targets apps with APP_DEBUG set to true. When enabled, Laravel will give…
Read more [ohdear.app]
Hosting Laravel application statically
– boydbloemsma.com - submitted by Boyd Bloemsma – Edit
In this article we will be going over how to I used laravel-export to deploy the very blog you're reading right now; to Cloudflare Pages, Netlify and Vercel.
Read more [boydbloemsma.com]
Running Laravel in a subdirectory (Tricky Nginx config)
– www.youtube.com - submitted by Chris Fidao – Edit
We see how to configure Nginx to run Laravel in a subdirectory. The configuration is tricky, here's an explanation of it!
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FrankenPHP and Laravel Octane with Docker
– chriswhite.is - submitted by Chris White – Edit
I'll show you how to run Laravel Octane with the new FrankenPHP support inside a Docker container to serve your Laravel application.
Read more [chriswhite.is]
A mini package to calculate public holidays in a country original
by Freek Van der Herten – 2 minute read – Edit
We released a mini package called spatie/holidays that can calculate the public holidays of a country.
Creating beautiful invoices using Tailwind and Laravel PDF original
by Freek Van der Herten – 2 minute read – Edit
Last week, we released a new package called Laravel PDF that allows you to transform Blade views into PDFs. Under the hood, Chromium is used to perform the transformation. Because Chromium is an up-to-date browser, you can use any modern CSS you like.
Some people have asked if they can use Tailwind to style their documents. And I’m happy to report you can. Let’s take a look at a minimal example to showcase this.
Nuxt: Superpowers for your Vue 3 application
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta – Edit
Nico shares the incredible suite of conveniences Nuxt JS brings to Vue3 applications, from auto-imports to out-of-the-box server side rendering & more!
Read more [tighten.com]
Exploring the new Laravel 11 middleware configuration
A lot is changing in Laravel 11, including setting up middleware. This post explores how to do it and a lingering question I have after learning about it.
Read more [dev.to]
Laravel Under The Hood - Facades
– blog.oussama-mater.tech - submitted by Oussama Mater – Edit
LLaravel offers an elegant method-calling feature called Facades. At first glance, they resemble static methods, but well, they are not! What kind of magic is Laravel doing?
Read more [blog.oussama-mater.tech]
