PHP/Laravel Weekly News Summary | Jul 01-Jul 07,2024

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#Laravel News

New String Helpers and ServeCommand Improvements in Laravel 11.14

The Laravel team released v11.13 mid-week last week and v11.14 this week. These releases add new string methods like chopStart() and chopEnd(), Common…
#News #Laravel Releases
By Paul Redmond | Jul 02, 2024

Build Custom Admin Panels With Backpack for Laravel

Backpack for Laravel is a collection of packages which allows you to create admin panels for any web app quickly. It provides a set of useful packages…
#Laravel Packages
By Cristian Tabacitu | Jul 03, 2024

Laravel Error Solutions on the Default Exception Page

The Laravel Error Solutions package by Spatie brings back solutions for the most common errors users face to the default Laravel error page.
#Laravel Packages
By Paul Redmond | Jul 05, 2024

Build Your SaaS App in Days with SaaSykit

SaaSykit is a feature-rich SaaS Starter Kit that provides all the essential components needed to run a modern SaaS app.
#Sponsor
By Eric L. Barnes | Jul 03, 2024

#Laravel Blogs

Spark Stripe: PayPal Support

We're happy to announce that Spark Stripe now supports PayPal for starting new subscriptions.
#spark
By Dries Vints | Jul 02, 2024

#Ashallen Design UK

A Guide to PHP Attributes

#PHP #Tips & Tricks #Web Development
By Ashley Allen | Jul 02, 2024

Lawman: Pest Architecture Testing for Saloon API Integrations

#Laravel #PHP #Tips & Tricks #Web Development
By Ashley Allen | Jul 03, 2024

Specify Allowed URL Schemes in Short URL

#Laravel #PHP #Tips & Tricks #Web Development
By Ashley Allen | Jul 03, 2024

The #[\Override] Attribute in PHP

#PHP #Tips & Tricks #Web Development
By Ashley Allen | Jul 05, 2024

#Freek Dev

Jujutsu: a next generation replacement for Git

Jujutsu (jj) is a new version control system from a software developer at Google with a focus on DX.
By – | Jul 02, 2024

A package to display solutions on the Laravel error page

When Laravel switched to a simpler exception page, the ability to display solutions for an exception was lost.
By Freek Van der Herten | Jul 03, 2024

A Guide to PHP Attributes

Learn about what PHP attributes are and how to use them. We'll also look at how to create your own PHP attributes.
By Ash Allen | Jul 03, 2024

Using whereAny() for cleaner queries in Eloquent

In this episode of the Quick Win Wednesday series, we're taking a look at whereAny(), which was released with Laravel 10.47.
A very elegant way of grabbing data based on a conditional "any of the following columns".
By Bert De Swaef | Jul 04, 2024

Sending transactional emails using Mailcoach API in an Express.js application

By Spatie | Jul 05, 2024

#Laravel io

Lawman: Pest Architecture Testing for Saloon API Integrations

Introduction
If you've been reading my content for a while, you'll likely know that I love building…
#API #Testing #Architecture
By ash-jc-allen | Jul 03, 2024

#Made with Laravel

FIlament Email – Email Log for Filament Projects

"
filament-email
lets you log all outgoing emails in your Laravel project within your Filament panel. You can also resend emails with 1-click in case your recipient hasn't received your email."
#Plugins
By – | Jul 03, 2024

Laravel Slower – Optimize Your DB Queries with AI

"Laravel Slower is a powerful package designed for Laravel developers who want to enhance the performance of their applications.

It intelligently identifies slow database queries and leverages AI to suggest optimal indexing strategies and other performance improvements. Whether you're debugging or routinely monitoring your application, Laravel Slower provides actionable insights to streamline database interactions."
#DevTools #Utility
By – | Jul 03, 2024

#Hashnode

JavaScript Frameworks vs Laravel – Which one's better?

The JavaScript ecosystem has seen attempts at creating a Laravel-like framework with Blitz for NextJS, Adonis for NodeJS, RedwoodJS, and others, but none have been truly successful. This article delves into the reasons behind this to help beginners n…
By Ramachandra Anirudh Vemulapalli | Jul 07, 2024

Introduction to Vue’s Composition API for a Newbie

I’m a newbie to Vue.js, and as I was learning about its amazing features, I thought I should share all of this on my blog. Vue.js is a great and impressive framework. Initially, I found it easier to learn than React.js because it has a predefined str…
By Gurpreet kumar | Jul 07, 2024

Introduction to Vue’s Composition API for a Newbie

Let's create a DataCache layer for your Laravel apps

Hey guys,
We all know that Cache facade plays a good role across the Laravel application lifecycle, isn't it?
Cache simply boosts up the requests by retaining the computed data from file storage or memory (aka RAM) depending on our configuration.
Tod…
By Seth Chen | Jul 07, 2024

Laravel Caching – Explained Simply

Caching is like keeping your favorite toy right on top of your toy box, so you can grab it quickly whenever you want to play.
Similarly, cache in Laravel stores data so your website can show it quickly without searching or querying all over again. Ju…
By Karan Datwani | Jul 06, 2024

Building laravel admin panel easily

Hi
As you all know as a backend developer, we have complications building admin panels (specially: UI)
I also get headaches and very much confusion while building admin panels, so I research and more research over the year how to resolve this.
I also…
By Ahtesham Abdul Aziz | Jul 06, 2024

Daily Hack #day95 – Tinkerwell

Tinkerwell is an innovative and powerful code runner designed specifically for PHP developers.
It provides an interactive environment where developers can run PHP code snippets, test APIs, and debug applications without having to modify their main co…
By Cloud Tuned | Jul 07, 2024

Top 10 Continuous Integration (CI) tools for Laravel Developers in 2024

In today's fast-paced development environment, ensuring consistent code quality and rapid deployment cycles is crucial for success. For Laravel developers, Continuous Integration (CI) tools offer a powerful solution to automate these processes and st…
By Liam Johnson | Jul 05, 2024

How to create custom Artisan commands in a Laravel 11 application

Introduction
In this article, we'll be looking at how to create custom commands in a Laravel 11 application to perform customized or defined actions through the command line or scheduler.
A command is simply an instruction that is given the ability t…
By Alemoh Rapheal Baja | Jul 04, 2024

Handling Sessions & Cookies in PHP – Authentication

Introduction
Handling sessions and cookies is a fundamental aspect of web development, especially when it comes to user authentication. PHP provides robust mechanisms for managing sessions and cookies, making it possible to maintain user state and se…
By Kartik Mehta | Jul 07, 2024

Livewire Notification System: A Complete Tutorial

Introduction
In this article, we will create a notification system using Livewire. Notifications are crucial for informing users about key events in an application. By using Laravel for the backend and Livewire for dynamic and interactive front-end c…
By Tresor | Jul 03, 2024

Daily Security Affirmations to Strengthen Your Laravel Team

Introduction
Ensuring robust security is paramount for any development team. For teams using the Laravel framework, the focus on security becomes even more critical. This is due to the widespread use and popularity of Laravel in creating web applicat…
By Hire Remote Developers | Jul 03, 2024

"Mastering Pionia: Build a Full-Featured Todo API in 20 Minutes"

For this specific article, I will save you from the backgrounds and inspirations of the framework. You can always find those in the official framework documentation here.
However, let's get to work and draft a simple API in less than 20 minutes.
The …
By jet2018 | Jul 06, 2024

10 things you should check before delivering a Laravel Project.

Environment Settings:

Ensure APP_ENV is set to production in .env.

Set APP_DEBUG to false.

API Tokens:

Verify that API keys and tokens are set to production values.

Ensure that sensitive keys are not exposed.

Database:

Confirm the live dat…
By Muhaimin Shihab | Jul 03, 2024

Guide to PHP Data Types

Today, we will explore the various data types in PHP. Understanding data types is fundamental to writing efficient and error-free code, as it allows you to work effectively with different kinds of data in your programs. Let's dive into the different …
By Saurabh Damale | Jul 06, 2024

Solving development challenges – Dynamic Breadcrumbs

As I start my journey with the HNG Internship), I'm excited to share a recent backend challenge I tackled.
Background
A couple of months ago, around the start of 2024, I started learning Laravel and PHP despite the abundant Twitter memes (although I …
By Eise Olusegun | Jul 02, 2024

The Ultimate Guide to Pionia Generic Services

Pionia framework is a PHP Rest framework that is changing how we used to develop Rest platforms. Unlike all the existing frameworks, it gives the entire process a whole new look, making the development of APIs much simpler and less boring. This is be…
By jet2018 | Jul 06, 2024

How to Overcome Complex Backend Challenges with Laravel

Recently, I worked on a project that required handling complex data relationships in Laravel. The application had multiple entities with intricate relationships, and the challenge was to efficiently query and manipulate this data while ensuring optim…
By Olaleye Nathaniel | Jul 01, 2024

PHP Variables and It's Scope

Today, we'll delve into the essentials of PHP variables, including their declaration, initialization, and scope. Understanding how to use variables effectively will allow you to store and manipulate data in your PHP scripts. Let's get started!
PHP Va…
By Saurabh Damale | Jul 05, 2024

Sneak Peek: Tutorial on Successfully Installing PHP 8.4 on MacOS

According to official announcements, PHP 8.4 is set to be released on November 21, 2024. It will undergo testing through three alpha versions, three beta versions, and six release candidates.
This major update brings a host of optimizations and power…
By Fireworkkk | Jul 03, 2024

Easy Steps for Setting Up a PHP Development Environment

Setting up a development environment for PHP is essential for writing, running, and testing your code. This guide will help you set up everything you need on your local machine. We'll use XAMPP for this tutorial, as it's a popular and easy-to-use opt…
By Saurabh Damale | Jul 03, 2024

MongoDB Aggregation in PHP

Overview
In this unit, you'll learn how to perform basic aggregation with PHP by using MongoDB's aggregation framework. First, you'll learn what aggregation is and explore the components of an aggregation pipeline. Next, you'll learn how to build a p…
By David Nguyen | Jul 02, 2024

Demystifying Observability: OpenTelemetry in PHP and Understanding SLOs

As observed in the modern world there is competition in development of software and therefore the efficiency, effectiveness and usability of the applications being developed should be always considered. Observability which refers to the ability of ga…
By Stackify | Jul 02, 2024