Laravel Helpers

Global helpers for Laravel projects

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require bitvalencia/laravel-helpers

Usage

carbon

Shortcut for: new Carbon or Carbon::parse()

carbon('1 year ago');

user

A shortcut for auth()->user()

user()->posts()->create([...]);

ok

Returns an HTTP 204 response (OK, No Content).

return ok();

fail_validation

Returns an HTTP 422 response (Validation Error).

fail_validation('key', 'message');

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

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

str_between('--thing--', '--'); // returns "thing"
str_between('[thing]', '[', ']'); // returns "thing"

Str::between('--thing--', '--'); // returns "thing"
Str::between('[thing]', '[', ']'); // returns "thing"

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.

str_wrap

str_wrap('thing', '--'); // returns "--thing--"

Str::wrap('thing', '--'); // returns "--thing--"

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email ivan@bitvalencia.com instead of using the issue tracker.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.