library laravel-sparkles

mantas-done/laravel-sparkles

Helpers for Laravel

Laravel Sparkles

Laravel Sparkles is a collection of helpers that are often used in my Laravel project., _(*1)

Instalation

composer require mantas-done/laravel-sparkles 1.*

Usage

Get currently logged in user (the same as Auth::user()), _(*2)

user();

Current user IP address, _(*3)

ip();

delete()

Delete all models in collection, _(*4)

delete($user->comments);

// equals to this
foreach ($user->comments as $comment) {
    $comment->delete();
}

Delete one model, _(*5)

delete($user->profilePicture);

// equals to
if ($user->profilePicture) {
    $user->profilePicture->delete();
}

forceDelete()

The same as delete(), but force deletes records (for soft deletes)., _(*6)

forceDelete($user->comments);

// equals to this
foreach ($user->comments as $comment) {
    $comment->forceDelete();
}

bustCache()

Bust cache of files: CSS, images...
It adds md5 hash of a file., _(*7)

echo bustCache('/css/app.css'); // /css/app.css?v=0c39e0bb074f164bc2e7e3e5854927c5

twoDigits()

Display currency with two digits., _(*8)

twoDigits(1.2);      // 1.20
twoDigits(1.234);    // 1.23
twoDigits(1, '$');   // $1.00
twoDigits(-1, '$');  // -$1.00

Cookies

Simplifies working with Laravel cookies. You can call those functions from anywhere in your code unlike Laravel cookie implementation., _(*9)

cookieSet('name', 'value', 60);
cookieGet('name');
cookieForget('name');

paginate()

Paginates collection or array and returns default Laravel paginator., _(*10)

$users_array = [[
    'email' => 'abc@abc.com',
    'name' => 'Abc',
], [
    'email' => 'bcd@bcd.com',
    'name' => 'Bcd',
]];

$users = paginate($users_array);

return view('users.index', compact('users');

validate()

Controller request data validation, _(*11)

// use
UserController extends Controller
{
    public function store() {
        validate([
            'email' => 'required|email',
        ]);

        // save user
    }
}

// instead of
UserController extends Controller
{
    public function store(Request $request) {
        $request->validate([
            'email' => 'required|email',
        ]);

        // save user
    }
}

Function data validation, _(*12)

class Comment
{
    public static function saveComment($email, $comment) {
        validate([
            'email' => 'required|email',
            'comment' => 'required|string|between:1,256',
        ], compact('email', 'comment'));

        // save comment
    }
}

deleteAllDirectoryFilesExceptGitignore()

When folder is created in /storag/app folder, usually it has .gitignore file added to it.
When migrating and seeding database in development, it is beneficial to delete all files from some folders., _(*13)

deleteAllDirectoryFilesExceptGitignore('/storage/app/uploads');

faker()

Get instance of a faker, _(*14)

echo faker()->email;

Contributing

I decided to share my helpers when I saw that similar concepts got implemented in Laravel, like artisan fresh and now().
I believe that other developers have their own gems hidden in their code. If you would like to share one of them, please create a pull request to master branch., _(*15)