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Using the "Conditionable" Trait In Laravel 17 Apr
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Using the "Conditionable" Trait In Laravel

Laravel Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  17th April 2024
Working with DynamoDB in Laravel 13 Apr
10 mins

Working with DynamoDB in Laravel

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
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Readonly Classes and Properties in PHP 19 Mar
4 mins

Readonly Classes and Properties in PHP

PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  19th March 2024
Redacting Sensitive Parameters in PHP 19 Mar
4 mins

Redacting Sensitive Parameters in PHP

PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  19th March 2024
Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) in PHP 19 Mar
6 mins

Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) in PHP

PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
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Larafast: Launch Your Startup Fast with Laravel 13 Mar
4 mins

Larafast: Launch Your Startup Fast with Laravel

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Using `Collection::times()` in Laravel 06 Mar
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Using `Collection::times()` in Laravel

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Validate Data Types in Laravel Collections Using the `ensure()` Method 03 Mar
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Validate Data Types in Laravel Collections Using the `ensure()` Method

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Identifying Performance Issues in Laravel with Inspector 26 Feb
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Identifying Performance Issues in Laravel with Inspector

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Processes and Artisan Commands in Laravel 06 Feb
24 mins

Processes and Artisan Commands in Laravel

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Display Desktop Notifications in PHP CLI Applications 30 Jan
9 mins

Display Desktop Notifications in PHP CLI Applications

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Automatically Hash Laravel Model Values Using the "Hashed" Cast 23 Jan
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Automatically Hash Laravel Model Values Using the "Hashed" Cast

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How to Check If a Laravel Collection Is Empty 08 Jan
6 mins

How to Check If a Laravel Collection Is Empty

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How to Check If an Array Is Empty in PHP 08 Jan
5 mins

How to Check If an Array Is Empty in PHP

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How to Check If an Array Is Empty in JavaScript 08 Jan
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How to Check If an Array Is Empty in JavaScript

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Securing Laravel forms using Cloudflare's Turnstile CAPTCHA 11 Dec
21 mins

Securing Laravel forms using Cloudflare's Turnstile CAPTCHA

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Auditing Laravel Apps: Getting Into the Right Mindset 23 Nov
2 mins

Auditing Laravel Apps: Getting Into the Right Mindset

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A Guide to Feature Flags in Laravel Using Laravel Pennant 16 Oct
25 mins

A Guide to Feature Flags in Laravel Using Laravel Pennant

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Saloon SDK Generator 04 Oct
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Saloon SDK Generator

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A Guide to Soft Deletes in Laravel 21 Sep
18 mins

A Guide to Soft Deletes in Laravel

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A Guide to Encryption and Hashing in Laravel 07 Aug
13 mins

A Guide to Encryption and Hashing in Laravel

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Hyvor Blogs: A blogging platform for Laravel & Symfony Applications 23 Jun
3 mins

Hyvor Blogs: A blogging platform for Laravel & Symfony Applications

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A Guide to Using Websockets in Laravel 12 Jun
24 mins

A Guide to Using Websockets in Laravel

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Top Hosting Providers for PHP and Laravel (2024) 25 May
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Top Hosting Providers for PHP and Laravel (2024)

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Integrating Two-Factor Authentication in Laravel with Vonage 25 May
16 mins

Integrating Two-Factor Authentication in Laravel with Vonage

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Introducing Eddy: The Splade demo app, now open source! 18 May
2 mins

Introducing Eddy: The Splade demo app, now open source!

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How to Get the Logged In User in Laravel 04 May
7 mins

How to Get the Logged In User in Laravel

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A Beginner's Guide to Closures and Arrow Functions in PHP 20 Apr
9 mins

A Beginner's Guide to Closures and Arrow Functions in PHP

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Reading JSON Files in Laravel 14 Apr
5 mins

Reading JSON Files in Laravel

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Advanced Laravel: Contracts and Implementations 13 Apr
5 mins

Advanced Laravel: Contracts and Implementations

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How to Create Custom Laravel Blade Directives 11 Apr
5 mins

How to Create Custom Laravel Blade Directives

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Using the Manager Pattern in Laravel 10 Apr
16 mins

Using the Manager Pattern in Laravel

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Laravel Pipelines: Transforming Your Code into a Flow of Efficiency 24 Mar
12 mins

Laravel Pipelines: Transforming Your Code into a Flow of Efficiency

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View Your Laravel Project's Broadcast Channels with the "channel:list" Command 08 Mar
6 mins

View Your Laravel Project's Broadcast Channels with the "channel:list" Command

Laravel Tips & Tricks Web Development
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Send WhatsApp Messages in Laravel With Vonage's Native SDK 22 Feb
9 mins

Send WhatsApp Messages in Laravel With Vonage's Native SDK

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Laravel: Implementing Feature Flags 24 Jan
5 mins

Laravel: Implementing Feature Flags

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collect.js: A Laravel-Like Syntax for JavaScript Arrays 23 Jan
6 mins

collect.js: A Laravel-Like Syntax for JavaScript Arrays

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Why I Switched to Fathom Analytics 23 Jan
17 mins

Why I Switched to Fathom Analytics

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Don't Skimp on Security: Add These Must-Have Features to Your Web Apps 11 Jan
10 mins

Don't Skimp on Security: Add These Must-Have Features to Your Web Apps

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The Difference Between self::, static::, and parent:: in PHP 11 Jan
7 mins

The Difference Between self::, static::, and parent:: in PHP

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8 Essential Questions to Ask Before Using a Laravel Package 06 Jan
7 mins

8 Essential Questions to Ask Before Using a Laravel Package

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Standard API Responses With Laravel Responsables 04 Jan
4 mins

Standard API Responses With Laravel Responsables

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Mass Assignment Vulnerabilities and Validation in Laravel 23 Nov
8 mins

Mass Assignment Vulnerabilities and Validation in Laravel

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How To Improve Your Laravel Development Skills By Reading Code 08 Nov
7 mins

How To Improve Your Laravel Development Skills By Reading Code

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Working with Markdown in PHP 10 Oct
13 mins

Working with Markdown in PHP

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Battle Ready Laravel 05 Sep
2 mins

Battle Ready Laravel

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Send an SMS in Laravel Using Vonage (Previously Nexmo) 30 Jun
8 mins

Send an SMS in Laravel Using Vonage (Previously Nexmo)

Laravel PHP Tutorial Web Development
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The Benefits of Contributing to Open Source Projects 14 Jun
7 mins

The Benefits of Contributing to Open Source Projects

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A Complete Guide to Managing User Permissions in Laravel Apps 26 May
12 mins

A Complete Guide to Managing User Permissions in Laravel Apps

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
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How to Validate Your Laravel App's Config 23 May
15 mins

How to Validate Your Laravel App's Config

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How to Get Website's Favicons in Laravel 05 May
9 mins

How to Get Website's Favicons in Laravel

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The Laravel Ecosystem 10 Mar
19 mins

The Laravel Ecosystem

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An Introduction to Caching in Laravel 28 Feb
9 mins

An Introduction to Caching in Laravel

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Using Semantic Elements to Improve Your HTML 01 Dec
8 mins

Using Semantic Elements to Improve Your HTML

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Type Safe Package for PHP 01 Dec
14 mins

Type Safe Package for PHP

PHP Web Development
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A Guide to Error & Uptime Monitoring in Laravel Using Honeybadger 22 Nov
16 mins

A Guide to Error & Uptime Monitoring in Laravel Using Honeybadger

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
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Getting the User's Device, Browser & OS in Laravel 21 Oct
5 mins

Getting the User's Device, Browser & OS in Laravel

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Laravel Tips & Tricks Web Development
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How to Get Currency Exchange Rates in Laravel 14 Oct
6 mins

How to Get Currency Exchange Rates in Laravel

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Using a Custom Alphabet in the Short URL Laravel Package 22 Sep
3 mins

Using a Custom Alphabet in the Short URL Laravel Package

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Using Database Transactions to Write Safer Laravel Code 21 Sep
9 mins

Using Database Transactions to Write Safer Laravel Code

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
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Do I Need to Write Tests for My Website? 18 Sep
5 mins

Do I Need to Write Tests for My Website?

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How to Add Breadcrumbs to Your Laravel Website 23 Aug
7 mins

How to Add Breadcrumbs to Your Laravel Website

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How to Assert Redirects to Signed URLs in Laravel Tests 17 Aug
4 mins

How to Assert Redirects to Signed URLs in Laravel Tests

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
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17 Ways to Get Your Website Ready to Win 03 Aug
8 mins

17 Ways to Get Your Website Ready to Win

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Interfaces vs Abstract Classes in PHP 29 Jul
7 mins

Interfaces vs Abstract Classes in PHP

PHP Web Development
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The Clean Coder's Guide to Laravel [FREE 70 Page PDF] 14 Jul
2 mins

The Clean Coder's Guide to Laravel [FREE 70 Page PDF]

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
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How to Create Your Own Helper Functions in Laravel 03 Jul
5 mins

How to Create Your Own Helper Functions in Laravel

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
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Cleaning Up Laravel Controllers 25 Jun
10 mins

Cleaning Up Laravel Controllers

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Using the Strategy Pattern in Laravel 17 Jun
6 mins

Using the Strategy Pattern in Laravel

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Using Interfaces to Write Better PHP Code 08 Jun
10 mins

Using Interfaces to Write Better PHP Code

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5 Lessons I Learned from Building My Own Laravel Package 26 May
8 mins

5 Lessons I Learned from Building My Own Laravel Package

Laravel Web Development
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How to Force Eager Loading and Prevent N+1 Issues in Laravel 21 May
5 mins

How to Force Eager Loading and Prevent N+1 Issues in Laravel

Laravel Tips & Tricks Web Development
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7 Top Tips for New Web Developers 11 May
5 mins

7 Top Tips for New Web Developers

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How to Use the sole() Method on Laravel Collections 29 Apr
3 mins

How to Use the sole() Method on Laravel Collections

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
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How to Swap Items in an Array Using Laravel Macros 21 Apr
3 mins

How to Swap Items in an Array Using Laravel Macros

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How to Filter Laravel Collections Using whereInstanceOf 17 Mar
3 mins

How to Filter Laravel Collections Using whereInstanceOf

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How to Make Your Laravel App More Testable 29 Jan
8 mins

How to Make Your Laravel App More Testable

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How to Validate Email Addresses using Laravel Mailbox Layer 05 Jan
7 mins

How to Validate Email Addresses using Laravel Mailbox Layer

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
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Top 8 Free and Paid Resources for Learning Laravel 21 Oct
8 mins

Top 8 Free and Paid Resources for Learning Laravel

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6 Quick & Easy Ways to Speed Up Your Laravel Website 04 Oct
10 mins

6 Quick & Easy Ways to Speed Up Your Laravel Website

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Should I Use Wordpress for My Website? 21 Sep
12 mins

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Why Businesses Need a Mobile Responsive Website to Succeed and Increase Sales 11 Sep
3 mins

Why Businesses Need a Mobile Responsive Website to Succeed and Increase Sales

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