Harris Raftopoulos

Ever wished you could keep your middleware logic closer to your controllers? Laravel's HasMiddleware interface brings a new, elegant way to assign middleware right in your controller classes. Let's explore this powerful feature! Traditional Route Middleware Traditionally, we've assigned middleware in our route files:

When building web applications, handling request input efficiently is crucial. Laravel offers a powerful yet often overlooked feature: the ability to transform all incoming request data into a collection using the collect method. This simple trick can significantly enhance your input processing capabilities. Let's dive in and see

In the world of web development, timing is everything. Sometimes, you need to perform actions after the response has been sent to the browser. Enter Laravel's terminable middleware - a powerful feature that allows you to execute code after the HTTP response has been dispatched. Let's

When building web applications, handling user input efficiently is crucial. Laravel offers a powerful yet often overlooked feature: the ability to retrieve request input as Stringable instances using the string method. This simple trick can significantly enhance your string manipulation capabilities. Let's dive in and see how you

PHP 8.1 introduced enums, and Laravel has seamlessly integrated this powerful feature into its request handling capabilities. With the enum method on the request object, you can now effortlessly retrieve and validate enum values from incoming requests. Let's explore how this feature can enhance your Laravel applications.

In the world of web development, handling optional input fields efficiently can sometimes be a challenge. Laravel, always at the forefront of developer experience, offers a elegant solution with the whenHas method on the request object. This method allows you to execute code conditionally based on the presence of an

In web development, handling missing input fields is just as important as processing present ones. Laravel, with its developer-friendly approach, offers two powerful methods to deal with absent request data: missing() and whenMissing(). These methods provide a clean and expressive way to handle scenarios where certain inputs might not be

When building web applications, dealing with optional inputs and providing default values is a common task. Laravel, always striving to make developers' lives easier, offers the mergeIfMissing method on the request object. This method allows you to seamlessly add default values to your request data without overwriting existing values.

When building web applications, preserving form input across requests is a common requirement, especially when dealing with validation errors or multi-step forms. Laravel provides a set of powerful "flash" methods on the Request object to make this task effortless. Let's dive into how you can use

Laravel, out of the box, applies two global middleware to normalize input data: TrimStrings and ConvertEmptyStringsToNull. While these are generally helpful, there might be scenarios where you need more control over this behavior. Laravel provides flexible ways to customize or disable these middleware entirely or for specific routes. Let'