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Published on: 4th Jun, 2022

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

When running a PESTPHP test if you come across this error: Received Mockery_1_Illuminate_...

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Published on: 4th Jun, 2022

Laravel Security Headers

Laravel Security Headers This weekend, I changed the design of this blog whilst doing so I...

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Published on: 24th May, 2022

Livewire clear modal on close

Laravel-livewire Laravel

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

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Published on: 24th May, 2022

Livewire confirm Sweet Alert

Laravel Laravel-livewire

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

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Published on: 23rd May, 2022

Image intervention - Image source not readable

Laravel

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

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Published on: 21st May, 2022

Fatal: Authentication failed (on git push)

Problem Lost authentication from BitBucket resulting in invalid credentials. Pushing to Bi...

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Published on: 18th Mar, 2022

Testing dynamic file uploads with Laravel

Laravel Laravel-livewire Testing

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

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Published on: 3rd Mar, 2022

New Laravel Package: Laravel Module Generator

Laravel package modules generators

I've been working on a new package for a few weeks, this goes hand in hand with Laravel Mo...

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Published on: 22nd Feb, 2022

Laravel Modules new docs website

Laravel modules documentation

I've recently started helping Nicolas Widart with his awesome package Laravel Modules I've...

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Published on: 2nd Jan, 2022

Best productivity app for mac: Alfred

macOS tools Productivity

One of the first apps I install on a fresh mac is an app called Alfred https://www.alfreda...

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Published on: 1st Jan, 2022

New book: Laravel The Modular Way

Laravel book modules

For years I've built Laravel applications using modules. I prefer to use modules to keep m...

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Published on: 7th Dec, 2021

Why I moved my blog to Hashnode

Blogging Hashnode

I've been writing a blog since 2009, I've moved platforms a few times for a long time I've...

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Published on: 6th Dec, 2021

View calenders in Terminal using built-in commands

View calenders in Terminal using built-in commands This tweet introduces how to show a cal...

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Published on: 4th Oct, 2021

10 Best Bootstrap Free and Premium Admin Panels in 2021

10 Best Bootstrap Free and Premium Admin Panels in 2021 Dashboards are an essential part o...

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Published on: 13th Sep, 2021

Using Laravel's withCount to count a sub query

Laravel

Using Laravel's withCount to count a subquery When you need to could a subquery Laravel pr...

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Published on: 12th Sep, 2021

Laravel Livewire update dependent select menus on change

Laravel Laravel-livewire

Since Livewire is reactive, it's easy to hide or show select menus based on whether anothe...

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Published on: 11th Sep, 2021

Create Bitly short links with PHP

Create Bitly short links with PHP Bitly is a great tool for creating short links, in this...

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Published on: 10th Sep, 2021

Testing Blade components in Laravel

Laravel laravel blade Testing components

Laravel provides a range of methods to test parts of the framework, one of which is called...

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