composer require coliving/awesome-helpers
carbon
Shortcut for: new Carbon
or Carbon::parse()
carbon('One year ago');
chain
Makes an ordinary object chainable.
chain(new SomeClass)
->firstMethod()
->secondMethod()
->thirdMethod();
// You can use the "carry" constant to pass the result of one method into the other:
chain(new Str)->singular('cars')->ucfirst(carry)();
// Returns "Car"
// Also, you can grab the result of the chain by trailing
// a "()" on the end of it. (Thanks to Taylor Otwell for these two additions)
connection
Run callback under a different database connection.
$tenantPostIds = connection('tenantdb', function () {
return Post::pluck('id');
});
dump_sql
Returns sql query with bindings data.
dump_sql(\DB::table('users')->where('email', "blaBla")->where('id', 1));
// returns "select * from `users` where `email` = 'blaBla' and `id` = 1"
faker
Shortcut for: $faker = Faker\Factory::create()
faker()->address; // returns random, fake address
faker('address'); // alternate syntax
user
A shortcut for auth()->user()
user()->posts()->create([...]);
money
echo money(12); // echoes "$12.00"
echo money(12.75); // echoes "$12.75"
echo money(12.75, false); // echos "$13"
echo money(12.75, true, 'en_GB'); // echos "£12.75"
// Note: unless specified otherwise, money() will detect the current locale.
ok
Shortcut for response('', 204)
. When you don't have anything to return from an endpoint, but you want to return success.
return ok();
stopwatch
Returns the amount of time (in seconds) the provided callback took to execute. Useful for debugging and profiling.
stopwatch(function () {
sleep(2);
}); // returns "2.0"
str_between
Returns string between second argument
str_between('--thing--', '--'); // returns "thing"
str_between('[thing]', '[', ']'); // returns "thing"
Str::between('--thing--', '--'); // returns "thing"
Str::between('[thing]', '[', ']'); // returns "thing"
str_extract
Returns capture groups contained in the provided regex pattern.
str_extract('Jan-01-2019', '/Jan-(.*)-2019/'); // returns "01"
Str::extract('Jan-01-2019', '/Jan-(.*)-2019/'); // returns "01"
str_match
Checks the provided string against the provided regex pattern.
str_match('Jan-01-2019', '/Jan-.*-2019/'); // returns true
str_match('foo bar baz', 'bar'); // returns true
Str::match('Jan-1-2019', '/Jan-(.*)-2019/'); // returns true
str_validate
A simple way to use validate a string using Laravel's built-in validation system.
str_validate('[email protected]', 'regex:/\.net$/|email|max:10');
// returns: ["Format is invalid.", "May not be greater than 10 characters."]
Str::validate('[email protected]', 'regex:/\.net$/|email|max:10');
// returns: ["Format is invalid.", "May not be greater than 10 characters."]
str_wrap
str_wrap('thing', '--'); // returns "--thing--"
Str::wrap('thing', '--'); // returns "--thing--"
swap
This function swaps the values of two variables.
$startDate = '2040-01-01';
$endDate = '2020-01-01';
if ($endDate < $startDate) {
swap($startDate, $endDate);
}
echo $startDate; // prints "2020-01-01"
echo $endDate; // prints "2040-01-01"
tinker
Kind of like dd()
, but will open an artisan tinker
terminal session with the variables you passed in, so you can play around.
$somethingYouWantToDebug = new StdClass;
tinker($somethingYouWantToDebug);
Submit a PR or issue with helper functions you use or ideas you have for others!
TTFN, Caleb