The little, oft-unrecognized, Laravel goodies
A developer shares a code refactor by Laravel's creator, highlighting lesser-known features like Cache::remember.
A developer shares a code refactor by Laravel's creator, highlighting lesser-known features like Cache::remember.
A guide to setting up an on-demand PHP server using Grunt or Gulp, and integrating it with BrowserSync for live reloading during development.
Envoyer.io is a new zero-downtime deployment service for PHP and Laravel projects, launched by Taylor Otwell.
A technical guide on implementing dynamic, responsive background images using CSS media queries and server-side logic like PHP.
A tutorial on using the League/CSV package to export a Laravel Eloquent collection to a downloadable CSV file.
Explains Laravel 5.0's Eloquent attribute casting feature, which automatically converts model attributes to specific data types like boolean or integer.
A discussion of different approaches to organizing PHP class namespaces, focusing on modularity and cohesion in small-to-medium apps.
An introduction to PHP namespaces, explaining their purpose, syntax, and how to use them for better code organization.
A guide to customizing FOSUserBundle in Symfony, covering redirect targets and flash messages for version 1.3.
A guide to the new event and handler system in Laravel 5.0, explaining how to create and bind them.
A tutorial on how to re-enable the Whoops error handler in Laravel 5.0, providing prettier error pages for debugging.
A guide on upgrading a Laravel 4 application to Laravel 5 by starting from a fresh install and migrating code.
Explains the new Commands & Handlers feature in Laravel 5.0, using a 'Duplicate Talk' example from a conference app.
A WordPress code snippet to restrict authors to only view their own posts in the admin post overview.
A WordPress code snippet to restrict authors to only view their own uploaded images in the media library.
A technical guide on setting up a Sculpin static site generator blog and deploying it using Laravel Forge.
A tutorial showing how to create a simple HTML redirect page, with both a PHP-enhanced version and a plain HTML/JavaScript version.
A guide to improving Drupal site performance by identifying and removing unused modules to reduce memory footprint and optimize server response.
A guide to installing and using PHP-CS-Fixer to automatically format PHP code according to PSR-2 standards.
Explains how Laravel 5.0 simplifies environment detection using PHP dotenv and the .env file for configuration management.