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

Securing Laravel forms using Cloudflare's Turnstile CAPTCHA

Laravel PHP Security & Privacy Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  11th December 2023
Auditing Laravel Apps: Getting Into the Right Mindset 23 Nov
2 mins

Auditing Laravel Apps: Getting Into the Right Mindset

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Books Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  23rd November 2023
A Guide to Feature Flags in Laravel Using Laravel Pennant 16 Oct
25 mins

A Guide to Feature Flags in Laravel Using Laravel Pennant

Laravel PHP Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  16th October 2023
Saloon SDK Generator 04 Oct
5 mins

Saloon SDK Generator

PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Helge Sverre 路  4th October 2023
A Guide to Soft Deletes in Laravel 21 Sep
18 mins

A Guide to Soft Deletes in Laravel

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  21st September 2023
A Guide to Encryption and Hashing in Laravel 07 Aug
13 mins

A Guide to Encryption and Hashing in Laravel

Laravel PHP Security & Privacy Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  7th August 2023
Hyvor Blogs: A blogging platform for Laravel & Symfony Applications 23 Jun
3 mins

Hyvor Blogs: A blogging platform for Laravel & Symfony Applications

Laravel PHP Sponsored Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Supun Wimalasena 路  23rd June 2023
A Guide to Using Websockets in Laravel 12 Jun
24 mins

A Guide to Using Websockets in Laravel

Laravel PHP Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  12th June 2023
Top Hosting Providers for PHP and Laravel (2023) 25 May
7 mins

Top Hosting Providers for PHP and Laravel (2023)

Laravel PHP Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  25th May 2023
Integrating Two-Factor Authentication in Laravel with Vonage 25 May
16 mins

Integrating Two-Factor Authentication in Laravel with Vonage

Laravel PHP Security & Privacy Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  25th May 2023
Introducing Eddy: The Splade demo app, now open source! 18 May
2 mins

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

Laravel PHP Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Pascal Baljet 路  18th May 2023
How to Get the Logged In User in Laravel 04 May
5 mins

How to Get the Logged In User in Laravel

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Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  4th May 2023
A Beginner's Guide to Closures and Arrow Functions in PHP 20 Apr
7 mins

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

PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  20th April 2023
Reading JSON Files in Laravel 14 Apr
4 mins

Reading JSON Files in Laravel

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Laravel Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  14th April 2023
Advanced Laravel: Contracts and Implementations 13 Apr
5 mins

Advanced Laravel: Contracts and Implementations

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Jordan Dalton 路  13th April 2023
Boost Your Laravel Templates with Custom Blade Directives 11 Apr
5 mins

Boost Your Laravel Templates with Custom Blade Directives

Laravel Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  11th April 2023
Using the Manager Pattern in Laravel 10 Apr
16 mins

Using the Manager Pattern in Laravel

Laravel Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  10th April 2023
Laravel Pipelines: Transforming Your Code into a Flow of Efficiency 24 Mar
12 mins

Laravel Pipelines: Transforming Your Code into a Flow of Efficiency

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Jordan Dalton 路  24th March 2023
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  8th March 2023
Send WhatsApp Messages in Laravel With Vonage's Native SDK 22 Feb
9 mins

Send WhatsApp Messages in Laravel With Vonage's Native SDK

Laravel PHP Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  22nd February 2023
Laravel: Implementing Feature Flags 24 Jan
5 mins

Laravel: Implementing Feature Flags

Laravel Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Peter Fox 路  24th January 2023
collect.js: A Laravel-Like Syntax for JavaScript Arrays 23 Jan
6 mins

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

Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  23rd January 2023
Why I Switched to Fathom Analytics 23 Jan
17 mins

Why I Switched to Fathom Analytics

Business Web Design Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  23rd January 2023
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

Security & Privacy Web Design Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  11th January 2023
The Difference Between self::, static::, and parent:: in PHP 11 Jan
7 mins

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

PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  11th January 2023
8 Essential Questions to Ask Before Using a Laravel Package 06 Jan
7 mins

8 Essential Questions to Ask Before Using a Laravel Package

Laravel PHP Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  6th January 2023
Standard API Responses With Laravel Responsables 04 Jan
4 mins

Standard API Responses With Laravel Responsables

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Wendell Adriel 路  4th January 2023
Mass Assignment Vulnerabilities and Validation in Laravel 23 Nov
8 mins

Mass Assignment Vulnerabilities and Validation in Laravel

Laravel Security & Privacy Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  23rd November 2022
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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Laravel Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  8th November 2022
Working with Markdown in PHP 10 Oct
13 mins

Working with Markdown in PHP

PHP Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  10th October 2022
Battle Ready Laravel 05 Sep
2 mins

Battle Ready Laravel

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  5th September 2022
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  30th June 2022
The Benefits of Contributing to Open Source Projects 14 Jun
7 mins

The Benefits of Contributing to Open Source Projects

Web Design Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  14th June 2022
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  26th May 2022
How to Validate Your Laravel App's Config 23 May
9 mins

How to Validate Your Laravel App's Config

Laravel Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  23rd May 2022
How to Get Website's Favicons in Laravel 05 May
9 mins

How to Get Website's Favicons in Laravel

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  5th May 2022
The Laravel Ecosystem 10 Mar
19 mins

The Laravel Ecosystem

Laravel Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  10th March 2022
An Introduction to Caching in Laravel 28 Feb
9 mins

An Introduction to Caching in Laravel

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  28th February 2022
Using Semantic Elements to Improve Your HTML 01 Dec
5 mins

Using Semantic Elements to Improve Your HTML

Web Design Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  1st December 2021
Type Safe Package for PHP 01 Dec
14 mins

Type Safe Package for PHP

PHP Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  1st December 2021
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  22nd November 2021
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  21st October 2021
How to Get Currency Exchange Rates in Laravel 14 Oct
6 mins

How to Get Currency Exchange Rates in Laravel

Laravel Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  14th October 2021
Using a Custom Alphabet in the Short URL Laravel Package 22 Sep
2 mins

Using a Custom Alphabet in the Short URL Laravel Package

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Laravel Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  22nd September 2021
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  21st September 2021
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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Web Design Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  18th September 2021
How to Add Breadcrumbs to Your Laravel Website 23 Aug
7 mins

How to Add Breadcrumbs to Your Laravel Website

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Design Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  23rd August 2021
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  17th August 2021
17 Ways to Get Your Website Ready to Win 03 Aug
8 mins

17 Ways to Get Your Website Ready to Win

Tips & Tricks Web Design Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  3rd August 2021
Interfaces vs Abstract Classes in PHP 29 Jul
7 mins

Interfaces vs Abstract Classes in PHP

PHP Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  29th July 2021
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  14th July 2021
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  3rd July 2021
Cleaning Up Laravel Controllers 25 Jun
10 mins

Cleaning Up Laravel Controllers

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  25th June 2021
Using the Strategy Pattern in Laravel 17 Jun
6 mins

Using the Strategy Pattern in Laravel

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  17th June 2021
Using Interfaces to Write Better PHP Code 08 Jun
7 mins

Using Interfaces to Write Better PHP Code

Laravel PHP Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  8th June 2021
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  26th May 2021
How to Force Eager Loading and Prevent N+1 Issues in Laravel 21 May
4 mins

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

Laravel Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  21st May 2021
7 Top Tips for New Web Developers 11 May
5 mins

7 Top Tips for New Web Developers

Tips & Tricks Web Design Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  11th May 2021
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  29th April 2021
How to Swap Items in an Array Using Laravel Macros 21 Apr
3 mins

How to Swap Items in an Array Using Laravel Macros

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  21st April 2021
How to Filter Laravel Collections Using whereInstanceOf 17 Mar
3 mins

How to Filter Laravel Collections Using whereInstanceOf

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  17th March 2021
How to Make Your Laravel App More Testable 29 Jan
8 mins

How to Make Your Laravel App More Testable

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  29th January 2021
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
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  5th January 2021
Top 8 Free and Paid Resources for Learning Laravel 21 Oct
8 mins

Top 8 Free and Paid Resources for Learning Laravel

Laravel Tips & Tricks Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  21st October 2020
6 Quick & Easy Ways to Speed Up Your Laravel Website 04 Oct
10 mins

6 Quick & Easy Ways to Speed Up Your Laravel Website

Laravel Tips & Tricks Tutorial Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  4th October 2020
Should I Use Wordpress for My Website? 21 Sep
12 mins

Should I Use Wordpress for My Website?

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Business Web Design Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  21st September 2020
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

Business Web Design Web Development
Ashley Allen - Freelance web developer Ashley Allen 路  11th September 2018