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November 21, 2023
The Differences Between UpdateOrCreate And UpdateOrInsert in Laravel
When you want to update a record and create it when it doesn't exist, you can use the updateOrCreate or updateOrInsert method in Laravel.
The so-called "upsert" methods....
October 25, 2023
Mock Request Dependency in Laravel
In Laravel it is seen as good practice to dependency inject the Illuminuate\Http\Request object in your methods when possible, instead of using the request() helper.
One of...
October 24, 2023
Replace Multiple Items From String Text in PHP With Array
In this post I just want to show a very small trick I came across recently.
You probably know the internal PHP function str_replace.
When looking at the documentation, we can see...
October 20, 2023
Using and Converting the WebP Image Format in your Laravel Project
WebP is a modern image format for the web that is developed by Google. It is based on the VP8 video format, and provides superior compression. Because of these qualities, it is intended to replace...
ReadSeptember 12, 2022
How To Use Dataproviders When Testing Request Validators In Laravel
When writing request validators in Laravel, it is useful to know which incoming data will lead to a validation error, and which data will pass. A convenient way to test this, is to write unit...
ReadNovember 10, 2021
Refactoring Multiple If Statements to Objects
In this article I would like to describe how you can refactor a method that contains multiple if-statements by creating objects with a single responsibility, each making their own assertions. Most...
ReadOctober 26, 2021
Database Transactions in Laravel with saveOrFail, updateOrFail, and deleteOrFail
When you want to rollback a set of database operations if one of them fails, you can execute them within a database transaction. Laravel provides several techniques to do this. One of them, that I...
ReadMay 25, 2021
How to Remove Null Values From a Collection in Laravel
Sometimes, you may end up with a collection that contains null values.
Removing those null values from the collection can be done very smoothly with the filter...
May 14, 2021
Sending Laravel Notifications Without Notifiable
Notifications in Laravel are typically used to notify users in your application.
Users do not have to be the App\Models\User model, but can be any model that includes the...
February 11, 2021
Six Ways to Get Raw SQL Output From Query Builder in Laravel
When working with Laravel, you will probably use the query builder in order to create and run database queries. Sometimes you want to see the raw SQL output of a query, for example when you are...
ReadNovember 25, 2020
How to Split a Collection in Laravel 8
Since Laravel 8.16, it is possible to split a collection into chunks in two different ways. The first one, that already existed, is the split method: This method breaks a collection into a...
ReadNovember 16, 2020
Excluding Routes From a Catch-All Route by Using Regex in Laravel
When creating a catch-all route in Laravel, you might encounter conflicts with others routes in your application. In this post I would like to describe how you can resolve some of these conflicts....
ReadOctober 1, 2020
Practical Options for the Route List Command in Laravel
When you want to show a list of all registered routes in your application, you can use the php artisan route:list command.
The output of this command can be a bit confusing when you are...
September 1, 2020
How To Get The Output Of An Artisan Command When Called Programmatically?
Sometimes you want to call an Artisan command from your code. Some commands show data. How do you read the data that an Artisan command may show in the console? For example, you could have a...
ReadAugust 18, 2020
What Are The Differences Between Update And Fill in Laravel?
When you need to update a resource in Laravel, you might decide to use the update or the fill method.
Let's take a look at the source code of the fill and...
July 8, 2020
What is Value Object Casting in Laravel?
Laravel 7 introduced Custom Eloquent Casts. Next to primitive types, such as json, it is also possible to cast values that form a compound to objects. This is an effective way to introduce value...
ReadJune 17, 2020
Configuration Caching Caveats in Laravel
With configuration caching you can bundle all configuration files, to be loaded faster by Laravel.
When you run php artisan config:cache, a new file will be created in...
May 16, 2020
A New Syntax For Foreign Keys in Laravel 7
Since 7.x, Laravel provides a very compact syntax for creating foreign key constraints with the constrained method.
In this post we will give a short demonstration of this syntax, and we...
April 24, 2020
Refactoring Nested Queries in Laravel With Dot Notation And Arrow Functions
Recently I stumbled upon a nested query in a Laravel project. It was written like this: You might have seen a comparable nested query in the code you had to work on, and you probably agree that...
ReadApril 19, 2020
How to Use Stub Customization in Laravel
Laravel 7 came with a new feature, stub customization. Stub customization gives the ability to modify the stub files that are used when creating classes such as controllers and tests with the...
ReadMarch 29, 2020
Run Tests With PHP Artisan Test
Since the release of Laravel 7.x, you can run you tests by executing
as an alternative to running your tests with the phpunit command.
This command will run all your tests, until the...
March 11, 2020
How to Use Fluent String Operations in Laravel 7
Laravel 7 has an excellent new feature, called fluent string operations. It provides an "object-oriented interface for working with string values", e.g. becomes In this post I would like to...
ReadFebruary 27, 2020
How to Ignore PHPCS Warnings
PHP_CodeSniffer is a useful tool to check your code against a set of standards and rules. It can help in securing a certain coding standard and style within a development team, by running PHPCS as a...
ReadFebruary 21, 2020
Run Elasticsearch With Laravel on MacOS
A guide on how to install Elasticsearch on MacOS in order to use it as a driver for Laravel Scout
ReadFebruary 1, 2020
Binding API Connection Interfaces To Implementations in The Laravel Container
The Laravel service container is called "a powerful tool for managing class dependencies and performing dependency injection". In this post, we will look at a possible use case of the service...
ReadJanuary 23, 2020
Passing Multiple Arguments To Laravel Policy Methods
In most cases, when writing policies in Laravel, you only pass one argument to a policy method, since the authenticated user is already available through dependency injection and no other resources...
ReadDecember 20, 2019
Using The Where Clause in Validation Rules
Just recently I discovered you can apply where statements to the unique and exists validation rules in Laravel, without using a closure.
This means you can...
December 15, 2019
Validating Array Lengths in Laravel
One of the cool things of Laravel's validation rules, is that you can apply certain rules to different data types. When checking the minimum and maximum size of an array, you can use the...
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