Harris Raftopoulos

Want to make your Artisan commands more user-friendly? Laravel's PromptsForMissingInput interface turns missing arguments into interactive prompts! Let's explore this elegant feature. Basic Implementation Here's how to add interactive prompts to your command: use Illuminate\Console\Command; use Illuminate\Contracts\Console\PromptsForMissingInput; class SendEmails

Want to track what's happening with your cache? Laravel's cache events let you monitor every operation! Let's explore how to leverage these powerful events. Available Cache Events Laravel dispatches events for key cache operations: use Illuminate\Cache\Events\{ CacheHit, CacheMissed, KeyForgotten, KeyWritten }; Simple Implementation

Working with locks across different processes? Laravel's Cache lock system lets you acquire, restore, and release locks seamlessly across requests and jobs! Let's explore this powerful feature. Basic Lock Management Here's how to handle locks between processes: $lock = Cache::lock('processing', 120)

Need to accept multiple values in your Artisan commands? Laravel's array syntax makes it simple! Let's explore how to handle multiple arguments and options in your commands. Multiple Arguments For arguments that accept multiple values, use the * character: protected $signature = 'mail:send {user*}'; This

Want to make your Artisan commands more user-friendly? Laravel's option shortcuts let you create intuitive, quick-to-type command options! Let's explore this handy feature. Defining Shortcuts Here's how to add a shortcut to your option: protected $signature = 'mail:send {user} {--Q|queue}'; The

Need to create user-friendly console commands? Laravel's signature syntax makes it a breeze to define arguments and options! Let's explore this powerful feature. Basic Arguments The simplest form uses required arguments: protected $signature = 'mail:send {user}'; You can make arguments optional or set defaults:

Need to inject dependencies into your Artisan command closures? Laravel makes it seamless! Let's explore how to leverage dependency injection in your command closures. Basic Usage Here's how you can inject dependencies along with your command arguments: use App\Models\User; use App\Support\DripEmailer; Artisan:

Need to remove multiple headers in your Laravel tests? The new withoutHeaders method lets you do it in one clean shot! Let's explore this handy testing improvement. The Old vs New Way Previously, you had to chain multiple method calls: // Old way $this->withoutHeader('name'

Ever wrestled with streams in Laravel's HTTP Client? The new resource() method makes handling stream responses incredibly simple! Let's explore this handy improvement. The Old vs New Way The traditional approach was quite verbose: // Old way use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\StreamWrapper; $response = Http::get($imageUrl); Storage::disk(

Need to test if a count falls within a specific range in your JSON responses? Laravel's new countBetween method for AssertableJson makes this validation a breeze! Let's see how this handy addition simplifies your tests. Using countBetween The new method lets you assert that a count