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Tests | Laravel Framework

Laravel how to set app environment during tests

If you need to set an environment to be a specific one such as staging you can override the environm...

26th Jun 2022 10:59 PM

Laravel Framework | Packages

Laravel Sync Remote Database Package

I often want to sync a production database into a local databse and manually exporting and impo...

26th Jun 2022 05:50 PM

SEO | Marketing | Content Marketing

How to Drive Traffic to Your Website in 2022: Tips for Web Developers

As any web developer knows, getting traffic to your site is essential. Without visitors, your site w...

26th Jun 2022 05:36 PM

Pest PHP | Tests

Test Laravel Packages with PestPHP

PestPHP is a testing framework with a focus on simplicity, in this post I'll explain how to use...

26th Jun 2022 10:42 AM

Tutorials | Bash

Generate PDF and Epub files using Pandoc

I write my books using Markdown. Using a tool called Pandoc you can convert Markdown files into PDF&...

24th Jun 2022 09:27 AM

Development | Tools

Released Laravel TALL AdminTW theme

Laravel TALL AdminTW is a minimal Livewire theme styled with TailwindCSS. Laravel AdminTW supports...

7th Jun 2022 04:38 PM

Tutorials | Bash

My Termial Aliases

Aliases are a great way to be more efficient at using a terminal for common commands.

5th Jun 2022 08:44 AM

Tests | Pest PHP | Laravel Framework

Mockery 1 Illuminate Console OutputStyle askQuestion() but no expectations were specified

When running a PESTPHP test if you come across this error...

4th Jun 2022 08:46 AM

Laravel Framework | Development

Laravel Security Headers

This weekend, I changed the design of this blog whilst doing so I wanted to add the security headers...

4th Jun 2022 07:50 AM

Laravel Livewire

Livewire clear modal on close

When you have a model that's been partially filled and a modal is closed using Alpine ie:

24th May 2022 09:58 AM

Laravel Livewire

Livewire confirm Sweet Alert

Using Sweet alerts with Livewire is possible by triggering events from Livewire / AlpineJs and havin...

24th May 2022 09:36 AM

Laravel Framework

Image intervention - Image source not readable

When using intervention package for uploading images you may come across this error when upload...

23rd May 2022 11:30 AM

Fatal: Authentication failed (on git push)

Lost authentication from BitBucket resulting in invalid credentials....

21st May 2022 05:55 PM

50% off Modular Laravel book until April 17th

It's my birthday on April 15th to celebrate I'm giving 50% off my book Modular Laravel...

10th Apr 2022 08:12 PM

Tutorials | Laravel Framework

Testing dynamic file uploads with Laravel

When working with file uploads where the file name is generated, how do you know what the file name...

18th Mar 2022 03:17 PM

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