The tap helper

The tap helper is a great way to remove a separate return statement after calling a method on an object. Makes things nice and clean

// without tap
$user->update(['name' => 'John Doe']);
 
return $user;
 
// with tap()
return tap($user)->update(['name' => 'John Doe']);

Tip given by @mattkingshott

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