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Tutorial • July 07, 2023 • 4 min read • Free

Interfaces in Laravel: Simple Singleton Example of Two Services

When do you need to create interfaces in PHP/Laravel? Suppose you have a method with different implementations depending on some condition. In that case, it may be a candidate for an interface, with different classes implementing that interface method differently, depending on that condition. Let me show an example.

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Tutorial • July 05, 2023 • 5 min read • Premium

All-in-One Tests: PHPUnit Data Providers and Pest Datasets

When writing automated tests, sometimes you want to repeat the same test multiple times on various data inputs. In Laravel, you can do this easily with data providers and datasets. I will show you a PHPUnit and a Pest example.

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Tutorial • July 05, 2023 • 2 min read • Free

Laravel Pagination: Keep Query Parameters on Second Page

One of the typical issues with pagination is if you have more filters with GET parameters on your page. How to keep them from disappearing when the user clicks to visit "/?page=2"?

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Tutorial • July 04, 2023 • 3 min read • Free

Sort Laravel Collection by Many-to-Many Pivot Value

If you have a Laravel many-to-many relationship and need to sort the Collection by the pivot table value, the query may be complicated. Let's take a look at this example.

Tutorial • July 04, 2023 • 4 min read • Free

Post Excerpt: Slice Content in Laravel or in Vue?

Imagine you have a Laravel + Vue project with Posts in the DB but need to show only the first 300 characters of content in the Posts list. Where should you perform that slicing - in Vue or Laravel? Let's compare.

Tutorial • July 03, 2023 • 18 min read • Premium

Laravel API Versioning: All You Need To Know About V1/V2

Have you ever used an external API and specified its version? For example, have you noticed the "/v1/" in the URL of "https://api.openai.com/v1/models"? In this tutorial, I will explain how to use similar versioning for our own APIs we create with Laravel.

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Tutorial • July 02, 2023 • 11 min read • Premium

When (NOT) To Use Static Methods in Laravel/PHP? Practical Examples.

Experienced developers often advise avoiding static methods in PHP classes. In this tutorial, let me give you a few practical Laravel/PHP examples behind this advice. When are static methods ok, and when it's best to avoid them?

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Tutorial • July 01, 2023 • 2 min read • Free

Laravel 10 Upgrade: Eloquent Deprecated $dates - Change to $casts

With the release of Laravel 10, you might have noticed that the $dates property on your Model stopped working properly. It has been deprecated in favor of $casts. Let me show you what to do.

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Tutorial • June 29, 2023 • 3 min read • Free

Filament: Export Record to PDF - Two Ways

Exporting data to PDF is a very common feature. This tutorial will show how to do it in the Filament admin panel: we will export a single record to PDF using Blade View and barryvdh/laravel-dompdf package.

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Tutorial • June 28, 2023 • 3 min read • Free

Laravel Migrations: "Table already exists" After Foreign Key Failed

If you create foreign keys in your migrations, there may be a situation that the table is created successfully, but the foreign key fails. Then your migration is "half successful", and if you re-run it after the fix, it will say "Table already exists". What to do?