Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel retrieving records in a random order

Retrieving records in a random order is simple with MySQL using the RAND() function but it's not...

David Carr

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel show zeros when using zerofill in Eloquent

When using Eloquent leading zeros are removed from integers data types. This is a problem when you w...

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Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel login as user without their password

There are times you want to log in as another user to test their user permissions, you'll want t...

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Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel add custom exception handling

Laravel comes with support for many types of exceptions, some are handled to load a 404 page others...

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Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel add login throttling with custom login controller

When using a custom login controller by default it won't have the login throttling applied.

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Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Create an XML sitemap

Creating xml sitemaps are great for Google to inform their search bots of all your pages and th...

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Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel create an RSS reed

In this post, I'll explain how to create an RSS feed, In your controller query a model, in this...

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Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel get previous and next record

A really common task is to display links for the previous and next record typically you find these o...

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Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel force https with url helper

using the url() helper is great for creating full http links, I use this for all links, when wo...

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Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel blade - Remove the last comma from array

Using the $loop variable inside of a loop it’s easy to check when you're at the start or t...

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Javascript | Tutorials

jQuery autocomplete on new element

jQuery’s autocomplete plugin is perfect for filling in forms with suggestions as you type in a...

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Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel 5.5 change public to public_html

When moving Laravel onto a production server I like to place all Laravel files in their own director...

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Nova Framework | Tools

Use TPL syntax highlighting in Atom with Nova Framework

Using Atom editor is great visually the only issue is out the box .tpl is not recognized or is recog...

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Tools | Development

Github deploy to server

This tutorial will show you how to deploy from GitHub to your server using GIT. Deploying with GIT m...

David Carr

Tools | Development

GitLab deploy to server

This tutorial will show you how to deploy from GitLab to your server using GIT. Deploying with GIT m...

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Tools

Terminal open folder in Atom

Open the Atom or the current folder in Atom using Terminal can be done by running this command in Te...

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Tools | Development

Terminal open folder in Sublime Text

If you often work on the different project in Sublime Text being able to open the current path in Te...

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Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel 5.5 use a prefix on database tables

I like to prefix my database tables to avoid any conflicts if using different applications within th...

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Social Media

Which social network is best for sharing technical content?

I love to share great content across my networks, after reviewing them recently I've found a cle...

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Tools

Inspect incoming HTTP requests with RequestBin

Working with API’s it's common to catch incoming payloads containing post data or json The...

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Tools

Ghost Browser my new go to browser

I’ve recently come across Ghost Browser, it’s built on Chromium so feels the same as Chr...

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