Upgrade to PHP 8 with Homebrew on Mac
Link – – stitcher.io
Concise instructions on how to install PHP 8 locally.
Read more [stitcher.io]
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A better way to work with a backtrace in PHP
To get the backtrace in PHP, you can use the debug_backtrace function. By default, it can be hard to work with. Using our newly released spatie/backtrace package, this becomes much simpler.
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One Checkbox vs Two Radio Buttons
Link – – www.sarasoueidan.com
Another nice post by Sara Soueidan.
Read more [www.sarasoueidan.com]
Custom attributes in PHP 8
Link – – blog.jetbrains.com
The ArrayShape one is pretty interesting.
Read more [blog.jetbrains.com]
Exclude linting & formatting commits when running Git blame
Link – – tekin.co.uk
As of Git 2.23 there is a way to configure a list of commits for git blame to ignore.
Read more [tekin.co.uk]
Modern PHP cheat sheet
Link – – front-line-php.com
This cheat sheet offers handy snippets that demonstrate cool stuff you can do with modern PHP
Read more [front-line-php.com]
Dealing with null
Link – – front-line-php.com
Here's an excerpt taken from Front Line PHP where different strategies to handle null are explained
Read more [front-line-php.com]
Performance improvements in Xdebug 3
Link – – php.watch
Developed by Derick Rethans, Xdebug 2 is the current stable version. Xdebug 3 had its first RC release out just a few days ago, and this post benchmarks the performance improvements in the new version.
Read more [php.watch]
On Exactitude in Technical Debt
Link – – www.oreilly.com
Technical debt is not simply a measure of the specific work needed to repay the debt; it is the additional time and effort added to all past, present, and future work that comes from having the debt in the first place.
Read more [www.oreilly.com]
The 6 Stages of Spam Protection
Link – – laracasts.com
Jeffrey Way shares the strategies he uses to combat spam on the Laracasts forum.
Read more [laracasts.com]
Laravel Media Library: Load Only 1st Picture Efficiently
Link – – naxon.dev - submitted by Daniel Naxon
I needed to display only the first picture from my Product's model media collection and found my app running five queries and hydrating 16 models with only four products to display 😱 . Here's how I ended with only two queries and eight models.
Read more [naxon.dev]
Sunsetting PHP Faker
Link – – marmelab.com
In this post, Francois Zaninotto explains why and how he stopped working on Faker.
Read more [marmelab.com]
Media Library Pro makes uploading files to a Laravel app a breeze
I'm proud to announce that Media Library Pro is now available. Media Library Pro is an add-on package for our free Media Library base package. It contains a set of Blade, Vue and React components that make it easy to upload files to media library and to manage files inside of a media library collection.
In this blog post, I'd like to introduce Media Library Pro to you.
Object oriented code done right
Link – – front-line-php.com
Here's an entire chapter taken from Front Line PHP, a course on building moderns apps with PHP 8
Read more [front-line-php.com]
Store strongly typed settings in a Laravel app
We have released a new package, called spatie/laravel-settings, that allows you to strongly type settings in a Laravel app. In this blog post, I'd like to introduce the package to you.
Encrypting and signing data using private/public keys in PHP
For a project, I needed to make sure that a particular piece of data actually came from a specific source. There are already many packages that allow you to do this, but most are not fun or easy to use. That's why we created a new package called spatie/crypto to do this.
Learn all new PHP 8 features by watching this free video course
Together with my colleague Brent, I've created Front Line PHP, a book and video course on building modern applications with PHP 8. You can purchase the book here.
The video course is entirely free. Head over to our website to see videos on all new major PHP 8 features.
Apply Filters Conditionally In Laravel With when()
Link – – naxon.dev - submitted by Daniel Naxon
Ever needed to apply filters on a query conditionally, only when the user actually applies them? Laravel query builder's method when got you covered.
Read more [naxon.dev]
HTML Forms: Preventing Double Form Submissions
Link – – www.bram.us
Here's how Bram Van Damme prevents double form submissions
Read more [www.bram.us]
spatie/once v3 has been released, now uses a PHP 8 WeakMap
I've just released a new major version of the spatie/once package. This version uses the WeakMap class which is introduced in PHP 8. In this short post I'd like explain why this change was made.