Laravel Tips & Tricks

Laravel Tips & Tricks

Specified Key Too Long Fix

Fix the annoying migration error "Syntax error or access violation: 1071 Sp...

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Splitting Routes in Lavavel 8

If you have a complex site web.php can soon become an untameable beast.

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Multiple WHERE

There is an easy way of doing multiple "where" with eloquent

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Model boot() method

There is a magical place called boot() in an Eloquent model where you can o...

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XorY methods

Eloquent has quite a few functions that combine two methods, like “please d...

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Increments and Decrements

Useful tip

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Virtual Fields in a Model

Something I am often asked is can you have a virtual field in a model. Well...

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A Whole Host of Helpers Easily

When I first came to Laravel I came across a really easy trick to use helpe...

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Breaking up the web.php file

This is a file that can easily become very large and difficult to manage

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