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Create a custom validation rule with string alias
In this tutorial I will show how to define a Laravel validation rule providing a custom alias string to use in custom validation classes.
Learning PHP 8.1 Fibers using Tests
PHP 8.1 introduced the new Fiber class (see the proposed RFC here https://wiki.php.net/rfc/fiber), which allows running coroutines inside your script, i.e. two functions executing simultaneously
Sending a test email from a Laravel application
Learn how to send a test email from a Laravel app
What's behind Laravel Encryption/Decryption
My system is safe, it uses encryption. You heard/said this from time to time. Sure, but why and how is it safe? Do you really know this?
Refactor long methods to method classes
Classes with a lot of lines of code are generally bad. Too many responsibilities, low cohesion, or both. However, sometimes it is not possible to make functions smaller. Reasons could be various. What can be done in this circumstance?
Refactor data checking to cleaner implementation
Very often you find yourself in situations where you need to make your data pass some kind of checks or filters before doing something with them. This post shows how to make a first attempt approach better and cleaner
Create LazyCollection from API resource
Laravel 6 introduced the LazyCollection, a different kind of collection which exploits php generators to save memory usage. While data fetching from database is natively managed by eloquent, Web API-based data fetching is not provided. This article describes how to use a paginated api endpoint to fetch data to a LazyCollection instance.
Design patterns in PHP: Strategy
This tutorial describes a TDD approach to refactor code to Strategy pattern. Starting from working code and some test, refactoring steps are applied to obtain cleaner code
Design patterns in PHP: Replace Constructors with Creation Methods
This tutorial describes a TDD approach to refactor code to Replace Constructors with Creation Methods pattern. Starting from working code and some test, refactoring steps are applied to obtain cleaner code