Harris Raftopoulos

Laravel's real-time capabilities just got even more accessible with anonymous broadcasts - a lightweight solution for sending ad-hoc notifications to your frontend. Sometimes you need to notify your frontend about an event without creating a dedicated event class. Anonymous broadcasts solve this problem by providing a simple API

Finding yourself writing repetitive code to build URLs with query parameters? Laravel's new query() method offers a cleaner, more intuitive approach to generating URLs with complex query strings. Creating URLs with query parameters is a common task in web development, but it can quickly become tedious and error-prone.

Need a cleaner way to manipulate Eloquent collections after queries? Laravel's new afterQuery() hook provides an elegant solution that keeps your code DRY and maintainable. When working with Eloquent models, we often need to perform operations on our results after retrieving them from the database. Traditionally, this meant

Testing exception flows in Laravel applications can be challenging. Discover how the Exceptions facade's assertReported method makes verifying exception reporting straightforward and reliable. When developing robust applications, properly handling and reporting exceptions is crucial. However, testing that your exceptions are being correctly reported can be difficult without the

Context validation in Laravel gets simpler with the new missing() and missingHidden() methods, providing clean boolean checks for key existence. When working with Laravel's Context service, you often need to check if specific keys exist before using them. The new missing() and missingHidden() methods provide a straightforward way

Need to ensure attributes are set when creating models through relationships? Laravel's withAttributes method provides an elegant solution for consistent model creation through relationship methods. When working with constrained relationship methods, you often want newly created models to maintain the same constraints. Laravel's withAttributes method ensures

Numeric validation in Laravel gets more intuitive with a new fluent interface that transforms verbose rule strings into chainable methods. Laravel's Rule::numeric() method provides a cleaner way to build complex numeric validation rules. Instead of stringing together pipe-delimited constraints, you can now chain methods in a readable,

Need to simplify date-based queries in Laravel? The new date shorthand methods provide intuitive ways to work with temporal constraints in your database queries. Working with dates in database queries often requires verbose comparisons against the current time. Laravel's new date shorthand methods make these common patterns more