This Week in Laravel: Analytics Package, Two-Factor Auth, and Type-Casting

Hey hey, Useful Laravel links to read/watch for this week of October 9, 2025.

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From my LaravelDaily.com

[PREMIUM VIDEO] Laravel $request-integer() vs input(): Type Casting: Practical Examples
laraveldaily.com

20-minute video, discussing various methods like $request->enum(), $request->date() and others: why it's beneficial to use them, and why it may be risky NOT to use them.

[UPDATED] Two-Factor Authentication in Laravel: Packages and Options
laraveldaily.com

Updated tutorial after Laravel team introduced 2FA in the starter kits.

From my YouTube Channel

12 Laravel Tips in 10 Minutes: September 2025
youtube.com

A usual "rapid fire" list of Laravel tips for the last month.

Why Use $request integer() and Other Type-cast Helpers? (Practical Examples)
youtube.com

A shortened version of a deep-dive video on Laravel Daily website.

Laravel Analytics Package: Demo and Code Review
youtube.com

I will show you a package to potentially replace Google Analytics, and then we'll dive into its code, to learn a lot of Laravel things.

Laravel Form: Edited by Two Users at Once? (Two Solutions)
youtube.com

Answering a question from email: what if multiple users open the same edit form simultaneously? I will show the solution with back-end validation, and with live-validation using websockets and Laravel Reverb.

From Laravel Community

Fixing Queries & Adding Indexes: From 400 Queries to 4 - Laravel In Practice EP6 - Laravel News
laravel-news.com

Transform your Laravel dashboard from 400+ queries to just 4 with strategic eager loading and database indexes.

Improved HTTP Client URL Parameter Merging in Laravel 12.33 - Laravel News
laravel-news.com

The Laravel team released version 12.33.0 this week, introducing a Stringable doesntContain() method, merging (instead of replacing) HTTP client URL parameters, improved broadcast manager resolution errors, and more.

Thoughts on the new Forge? : r/laravel
reddit.com

Discussion on Reddit with 90 comments.

**Nuno Maduro: i've built the world’s strictest laravel/php starter kit... **
youtube.com

A video from Nuno Maduro, explaining his new creation.

I realized I'm moving away from MVC towards Livewire, should I stop myself? : r/laravel
reddit.com

What do you think? Should I go back to MVC structure, continue with Livewire? Or stop being so old headed and learn React or Vue?

Laravel-based static site generator HydePHP v2 is released : r/laravel
reddit.com

After two years of development and refinement, the HydePHP team is thrilled to announce the release of version 2.0.

Craft CMS moving fully to Laravel : r/laravel
reddit.com

I’ve heard a lot about Craft, but haven’t used it for much. Looks like it was originally built on YII.

Ghalibilal/laravel-hmac-encryption
github.com

A simple and secure Laravel package for encrypting and decrypting model attributes, queries, and sensitive data using AES-256-CBC with HMAC integrity.

Laravel Smarter Tips - Open Errors in your IDE
youtube.com

If you set an "app.editor" config key in your @laravelphp app to your preferred IDE, you can click on any file in the exception pages or stack traces to open...

Should you use DTOs in Laravel? | Mastering Laravel
masteringlaravel.io

10-minute podcast episode from Mastering Laravel.

spiritix/lada-cache
github.com

A Redis based, fully automated and scalable database cache layer for Laravel.

farayaz/laravel-spy
github.com

Laravel Spy is a lightweight package to track and log outgoing HTTP requests.

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