https://speakerdeck.com/willroth/50-laravel-tricks-in-50-minutes - origin Laravel 5.1 raised the bar for framework documentation, but there's much, much more lurking beneath the surface. In this 50-minute session, we'll explore 50 (yes, 50!) high-leverage implementation tips & tricks that you just won't find in the docs: the IoC Container, Blade, Eloquent, Middleware, Routing, Commands, Queues, Events, Caching — we'll cover them all! Join us as we drink from the fire hose & learn to take advantage of everything that Laravel has to offer to build better software faster!

6. class Post extends Eloquent
{
public static $autoValidate = true;
protected static $rules = array();
protected static function boot()
{
parent::boot();
// You can also replace this with static::creating or static::updating
static::saving(function($model)
{
if ($model::$autoValidate)
{
return $model->validate();
}
});
}
public function validate()
{
}
}

7. class Post extends Eloquent
{
protected static function boot()
{
parent::boot();
static::updating(function($model)
{
return false;
});
}
}

8. class myModel extents Model
{
public function category()
{
return $this->belongsTo('myCategoryModel', 'categories_id')
->where('users_id', Auth::user()->id);
}
}

9. $products = Product::where('category', '=', 3)->get();
$products = Product::where('category', 3)->get();
$products = Product::whereCategory(3)->get();

10. SELECT *, COUNT(*) FROM products GROUP BY category_id HAVING count(*) > 1;
DB::table('products')
->select('*', DB::raw('COUNT(*) as products_count'))
->groupBy('category_id')
->having('products_count', '>' , 1)
->get();
Product::groupBy('category_id')->havingRaw('COUNT(*) > 1')->get();

11. $q->whereDate('created_at', date('Y-m-d'));
$q->whereDay('created_at', date('d'));
$q->whereMonth('created_at', date('m'));
$q->whereYear('created_at', date('Y'));

12. // src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
public function save(array $options = array())
// src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
protected function performUpdate(Builder $query, array $options = [])
{
if ($this->timestamps && array_get($options, 'timestamps', true))
{
$this->updateTimestamps();
}
$product = Product::find($id);
$product->updated_at = '2015-01-01 10:00:00';
$product->save(['timestamps' => false]);

13. // app/Article.php
class Article extends Model
{
use DimsavTranslatableTranslatable;
public $translatedAttributes = ['name', 'text'];
}
// database/migrations/create_articles_table.php
public function up()
{
Schema::create('articles', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->boolean('online');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
// resources/views/article.blade.php
<h1>{{ $article->name }}</h1>
{{ $article->text }}
//database/migrations/create_articles_table.php
public function up()
{
$table->increments('id');
$table->integer('article_id')->unsigned();
$table->string('locale')->index();
$table->string('name');
$table->text('text');
$table->unique(['article_id','locale']);
$table->foreign('article_id')->references('id')
->on('articles')
->onDelete('cascade');
}
// app/ArticleTranslation.php
class ArticleTranslation extends Model
{
public $timestamps = false;
}
// app/http/routes.php
Route::get('{locale}', function($locale) {
app()->setLocale($locale);
$article = Article::first();
return view('article')->with(compact('article'));
});
http://50LaravelTricksIn50Minutes.com/fr -- French Translation

14. $questions = Question::orderByRaw('RAND()')->take(10)->get();

15. use RamseyUuidUuid;
trait UUIDModel
{
public $incrementing = false;
protected static function boot()
{
parent::boot();
static::creating(function ($model) {
$key = $model->getKeyName();
if (empty($model->{$key})) {
$model->{$key} = (string) $model->generateNewId();
}
});
}
public function generateNewUuid()
{
return Uuid::uuid4();
}
}

17. class Category extends Model
{
public function products()
{
return $this->hasMany('AppProduct')->orderBy(‘name');
}
}

18. $customer = Customer::find($customer_id);
$loyalty_points = $customer->loyalty_points + 50;
$customer->update(['loyalty_points' => $loyalty_points]);
// adds one loyalty point
Customer::find($customer_id)->increment('loyalty_points', 50);
// subtracts one loyalty point
Customer::find($customer_id)->decrement('loyalty_points', 50);

19. $employees = Employee::where('branch_id', 9)->lists('name', 'id');
return view('customers.create', compact('employees'));
{!! Form::select('employee_id', $employees, '') !!}
public function getFullNameAttribute() {
return $this->name . ' ' . $this->surname;
}
[2015-07-19 21:47:19] local.ERROR: exception 'PDOException'
with message 'SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found:
1054 Unknown column 'full_name' in 'field list'' in
...vendorlaravelframeworksrcIlluminateDatabaseConnection.php:288
$employees = Employee::where('branch_id', 9)->get()->lists('full_name', 'id');

20. function getFullNameAttribute() {
return $this->first_name . ' ' . $this->last_name;
}
{
"id":1,
"first_name":"Povilas",
"last_name":"Korop",
"email":"povilas@webcoderpro.com",
"created_at":"2015-06-19 08:16:58",
"updated_at":"2015-06-19 19:48:09"
}
class User extends Model
{
protected $appends = ['full_name'];
{
"id":1,
"first_name":"Povilas",
"last_name":"Korop",
"email":"povilas@webcoderpro.com",
"created_at":"2015-06-19 08:16:58",
"updated_at":"2015-06-19 19:48:09",
"full_name":"Povilas Korop"
}

21. class Category extends Model
{
public function products() {
return $this->hasMany('AppProduct');
}
}
public function getIndex() {
$categories = Category::with('products')->has('products')->get();
return view('categories.index', compact('categories'));
}

22. public function store()
{
$post = new Post;
$post->fill(Input::all());
$post->user_id = Auth::user()->user_id;
$post->user;
return $post->save()
}

24. // eloquent
Post::whereSlug('slug')->get();
// instead of
View::make('posts.index')->with(‘posts’, $posts);
// do this
View::make('posts.index')->withPosts($posts);

25. //hide all but the first item
@foreach ($menu as $item)
<div @if ($item != reset($menu)) class="hidden" @endif>
<h2>{{ $item->title }}</h2>
</div>
@endforeach
//apply css to last item only
@foreach ($menu as $item)
<div @if ($item == end($menu)) class="no_margin" @endif>
<h2>{{ $item->title }}</h2>
</div>
@endforeach

27. $devs = [
['name' => 'Anouar Abdessalam','email' => 'dtekind@gmail.com'],
['name' => 'Bilal Ararou','email' => 'have@noIdea.com']
];
$devs = new IlluminateSupportCollection($devs);
$devs->first();
$devs->last();
$devs->push(['name' => 'xroot','email' => 'xroot@root.com']);

28. $customers = Customer::all();
$us_customers = $customers->filter(function ($customer) {
return $customer->country == 'United States';
});
$non_uk_customers = $customers->reject(function ($customer) {
return $customer->country == 'United Kingdom';
});

30. // returns a single row as a collection
$collection = AppPerson::find([1]);
// can return multiple rows as a collection
$collection = AppPerson::find([1, 2, 3]);

31. $collection = AppPerson::all();
$programmers = $collection->where('type', 'programmer');
$critic = $collection->where('type', 'critic');
$engineer = $collection->where('type', 'engineer');

32. $collection = AppPerson::all();
$names = $collection->implode('first_name', ',');

33. // returns a collection of first names
$collection = AppPerson::all()->where('type', 'engineer')->lists('first_name');
// returns all the meta records for user 1
$collection = AppWP_Meta::whereUserId(1)->get();
// returns the first & last name meta values
$first_name = $collection->where('meta_key', 'first_name')->lists('value')[0];
$last_name = $collection->where('meta_key', 'last_name')->lists('value')[0];

34. class Link extends Model
{
public function users()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('PhpleaksUser')->withTimestamps();
}
}
@if ($link->users->count() > 0)
<strong>Recently Favorited By</strong>
@foreach ($link->users()->orderBy('link_user.created_at', 'desc')->take(15)->get() as $user)
<p>
<a href="{{ URL::Route('user.show', array('id' => $user->id)) }}">{{ $user->name }}</a>
</p>
@endforeach
@endif

35. $collection = collect([
['name' => 'Desk'],
['name' => 'Chair'],
['name' => 'Bookcase']
]);
$sorted = $collection->sortBy(function ($product, $key)
{
return array_search($product['name'], [1=>'Bookcase', 2=>'Desk', 3=>'Chair']);
});

36. $library = $books->keyBy('title');
[
'Lean Startup' => ['title' => 'Lean Startup', 'price' => 10],
'The One Thing' => ['title' => 'The One Thing', 'price' => 15],
'Laravel: Code Bright' => ['title' => 'Laravel: Code Bright', 'price' => 20],
'The 4-Hour Work Week' => ['title' => 'The 4-Hour Work Week', 'price' => 5],
]

37. $collection = AppPerson::all();
$grouped = $collection->groupBy('type');

38. // the point is to actually combine results from different models
$programmers = AppPerson::where('type', 'programmer')->get();
$critic = AppPerson::where('type', 'critic')->get();
$engineer = AppPerson::where('type', 'engineer')->get();
$collection = new Collection;
$all = $collection->merge($programmers)->merge($critic)->merge($engineer);

39. $collection = collect([1=>11, 5=>13, 12=>14, 21=>15])->getCachingIterator();
foreach ($collection as $key => $value) {
dump($collection->current() . ':' . $collection->getInnerIterator()->current());
}

42. Route::group(['prefix' => 'account', 'as' => 'account.'], function () {
Route::get('login', ['as' => 'login', 'uses' => 'AccountController@getLogin']);
Route::get('register', ['as' => 'register', 'uses' => 'AccountController@getRegister']);
Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function () {
Route::get('edit', ['as' => 'edit', 'uses' => 'AccountController@getEdit']);
});
});
<a href="{{ route('account.login') }}">Login</a>
<a href="{{ route('account.register') }}">Register</a>
<a href="{{ route('account.edit') }}">Edit Account</a>

43. // app/Http/routes.php
Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function () {
Route::get('{view}', function ($view) {
try {
return view($view);
} catch (Exception $e) {
abort(404);
}
})->where('view', '.*');
});

44. // api controller
public function show(Car $car)
{
if (Input::has('fields')) {
// do something
}
}
// internal request to api - fields are lost
$request = Request::create('/api/cars/' . $id . '?fields=id,color', 'GET');
$response = json_decode(Route::dispatch($request)->getContent());
// internal request to api - with fields
$originalInput = Request::input();
$request = Request::create('/api/cars/' . $id . '?fields=id,color', 'GET');
Request::replace($request->input());
$response = json_decode(Route::dispatch($request)->getContent());
Request::replace($originalInput);

46. // phpunit.xml
<php>
<env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
<env name="CACHE_DRIVER" value="array"/>
<env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="array"/>
<env name="QUEUE_DRIVER" value="sync"/>
<env name="DB_DATABASE" value=":memory:"/>
<env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="sqlite"/>
<env name="TWILIO_FROM_NUMBER" value="+15005550006"/>
</php>
// .env.test – add to .gitignore
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=fillmein
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_TOKEN=fillmein
// tests/TestCase.php
<?php
class TestCase extends IlluminateFoundationTestingTestCase
{
/**
* The base URL to use while testing the application.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $baseUrl = 'http://localhost';
/**
* Creates the application.
*
* @return IlluminateFoundationApplication
*/
public function createApplication()
{
$app = require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';
if (file_exists(dirname(__DIR__) . '/.env.test')) {
Dotenv::load(dirname(__DIR__), '.env.test');
}
$app->make(IlluminateContractsConsoleKernel::class)->bootstrap();
return $app;
}
}
// access directly from your tests using helper function
env('TWILIO_ACCOUNT_TOKEN');

47. // gulpfile.js
var elixir = require('laravel-elixir');
mix.phpUnit();
$ gulp tdd

49. // app/Http/Middleware/EncryptCookies.php
protected $except = [
'shared_cookie'
];
Cookie::queue('shared_cookie', 'my_shared_value', 10080, null, '.example.com');

50. $ artisan make:model Books -m

51. $ composer require genealabs/laravel-sparkinstaller --dev
//
LaravelSparkProvidersSparkServiceProvider::class,
GeneaLabsLaravelSparkInstallerProvidersLaravelSparkInstallerServiceProvider::class,
// do not run php artisan spark:install
$ php artisan spark:upgrade
// backup /resources/views/home.blade.php or it will be overwritten
$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag=spark-full

52. <?php namespace AppExceptions;
use Exception;
use IlluminateFoundationExceptionsHandler as ExceptionHandler;
use SymfonyComponentDebugExceptionHandler as SymfonyDisplayer;
class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
{
protected function convertExceptionToResponse(Exception $e)
{
$debug = config('app.debug', false);
if ($debug) {
return (new SymfonyDisplayer($debug))->createResponse($e);
}
return response()->view('errors.default', ['exception' => $e], 500);
}
}

53. // app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
public function register()
{
$this->app->bind(
'IlluminateContractsAuthRegistrar',
'AppServicesRegistrar'
);
if ($this->app->environment('production')) {
$this->app->register('AppProvidersProductionErrorHandlerServiceProvider');
} else {
$this->app->register('AppProvidersVerboseErrorHandlerServiceProvider');
}
}

55. public function up()
{
Schema::table('users', function($table)
{
$table->string('name', 50)->change();
});
}
$ composer require doctrine/dbal

56. if (view()->exists('emails.' . $template))
{
// ... sending an email to the customer
}

57. // bootstrap/app.php
// replace this:
$app = new IlluminateFoundationApplication(
realpath(__DIR__.'/../')
);
// with this:
$app = new FantabulousApplication(
realpath(__DIR__.'/../')
);
<?php namespace Fantabulous;
class Application extends IlluminateFoundationApplication
{
/**
* Get the path to the storage directory.
*
* @return string
*/
public function storagePath()
{
return $this->basePath.'/FantabulousStorage';
}
}

58. class fakeApiCaller
{
public function getResultsForPath($path)
{
return [
'status' => 200,
'body' => json_encode([
'title' => "Results for path [$path]"
]),
'headers' => [
"Content-Type" => "application/json"
]
];
}
}
$app->get('{path?}', function($path)
{
$result = Cache::remember($path, 60, function() use ($path) {
return (new fakeApiCaller)->getResultsForPath($path);
});
return response($result['body'], $result['status'], array_only(
$result['headers'], ['Content-Type', 'X-Pagination']
));
})->where('path', '.*');

59. $ composer create-project laravel/laravel your-project-name-here dev-develop
// composer.json
{
"require": {
"php": ">=5.5.9",
"laravel/framework": "5.2.*"
},
"minimum-stability": "dev"
}
$ composer update

60. DB::listen(function($query, $bindings, $time) {
var_dump($query);
var_dump($bindings);
var_dump($time);
});
Event::listen('illuminate.query', function($query) {
var_dump($query);
});

61. // app/Policies/AdminPolicy.php
class AdminPolicy
{
public function managePages($user)
{
return $user->hasRole(['Administrator', 'Content Editor']);
}
}
// app/Providers/AuthServiceProvider.php
public function boot(IlluminateContractsAuthAccessGateContract $gate)
{
foreach (get_class_methods(new AppPoliciesAdminPolicy) as $method) {
$gate->define($method, "AppPoliciesAdminPolicy@{$method}");
}
$this->registerPolicies($gate);
}
$this->authorize('managePages'); // in Controllers
@can('managePages') // in Blade Templates
$user->can('managePages'); // via Eloquent

62. $disk= Storage::disk('s3');
$disk->put($targetFile, file_get_contents($sourceFile));
$disk = Storage::disk('s3');
$disk->put($targetFile, fopen($sourceFile, 'r+'));
$disk = Storage::disk('s3');
$stream = $disk->getDriver()->readStream($sourceFileOnS3);
file_put_contents($targetFile, stream_get_contents($stream), FILE_APPEND);
$stream = Storage::disk('s3')->getDriver()->readStream($sourceFile);
Storage::disk('sftp')->put($targetFile, $stream)

63. $schedule->call(function () {
Storage::delete($logfile);
})->weekly();

64. $result = (new IlluminatePipelinePipeline($container)
->send($something)
->through('ClassOne', 'ClassTwo', 'ClassThree')
->then(function ($something) {
return 'foo';
});

68. class PurchasePodcastCommand extends Command
{
public $user;
public $podcast;
public function __construct(User $user, Podcast $podcast)
{
$this->user = $user;
$this->podcast = $podcast;
}
}
class PurchasePodcastCommandHandler
{
public function handle(BillingGateway $billing)
{
// Handle the logic to purchase the podcast...
event(new PodcastWasPurchased($this->user, $this->podcast));
}
}
class PodcastController extends Controller
{
public function purchasePodcastCommand($podcastId)
{
$this->dispatch(
new PurchasePodcast(Auth::user(), Podcast::findOrFail($podcastId))
);
}
}

69. class PurchasePodcast extends Command implements SelfHandling
{
protected $user;
protected $podcast;
public function __construct(User $user, Podcast $podcast)
{
$this->user = $user;
$this->podcast = $podcast;
}
public function handle(BillingGateway $billing)
{
// Handle the logic to purchase the podcast...
event(new PodcastWasPurchased($this->user, $this->podcast));
}
}
class PodcastController extends Controller
{
public function purchasePodcast($podcastId)
{
$this->dispatch(
new PurchasePodcast(Auth::user(), Podcast::findOrFail($podcastId))
);
}
}

70. class PodcastController extends Controller
{
public function purchasePodcast(PurchasePodcastRequest $request)
{
$this->dispatchFrom('FantabulousCommandsPurchasePodcastCommand', $request);
}
}
class PodcastController extends Controller
{
public function purchasePodcast(PurchasePodcastRequest $request)
{
$this->dispatchFrom('FantabulousCommandsPurchasePodcastCommand', $request, [
'firstName' => 'Taylor',
]);
}
}

71. class PurchasePodcast extends Command
implements ShouldBeQueued, SerializesModels
{
public $user;
public $podcast;
public function __construct(User $user, Podcast $podcast)
{
$this->user = $user;
$this->podcast = $podcast;
}
}

72. // AppProvidersBusServiceProvider::boot
$dispatcher->pipeThrough(['UseDatabaseTransactions', 'LogCommand']);
class UseDatabaseTransactions
{
public function handle($command, $next)
{
return DB::transaction(function() use ($command, $next)
{
return $next($command);
});
}
}
// AppProvidersBusServiceProvider::boot
$dispatcher->pipeThrough([function($command, $next)
{
return DB::transaction(function() use ($command, $next)
{
return $next($command);
});
}]);

76. // app/http/routes.php
Route::get('/api/posts/{post}', function(Post $post) {
return $post;
});
// behind the scenes
Post::findOrFail($post);

77. $schedule->command('emails:send')
->hourly()
->appendOutputTo($filePath);

78. // returns titles for all posts
$titles = $posts->pluck(‘posts.*.title’);

79. <p>
<input type="text" name="person[1][id]">
<input type="text" name="person[1][name]">
</p>
<p>
<input type="text" name="person[2][id]">
<input type="text" name="person[2][name]">
</p>
$v = Validator::make($request->all(), [
'person.*.id' => 'exists:users.id',
'person.*.name' => 'required:string',
]);

80. // included in database session driver
user_id
ip_address