I am a happy Laravel user and I love the Laravel helpers.
They are very easy to use:
{{ str_limit($text) }}
But really really don't understand why this is they way:
{{\Illuminate\Support\Str::limit($text)}}
Why...?
The reason for deprecating them in Laravel 5.8 being that they add a
lot of fucntions to the global namespace and in addition to that they
migth conflict withe packages as well. Taylor Otwell has said in the
PR ,
https://techanical-atom.com/laravel-5-8-deprecate-arr-and-str-global-helper-methods/
From the pull request:
They pollute the global namespace and they don't bring any additional value to the framework. They don't even save you the amount of characters that you have to type as in a bunch (or maybe in all?) of cases it's actually shorter to use the Arr and Str methods directly.
https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/26898
If you still want to use them you can install the laravel/helpers package
Related
I want to use avatar in my faker users seeding and I try to use https://github.com/ottaviano/faker-gravatar
But I got error trying to install it :
[InvalidArgumentException]
Package ottaviano/faker-gravatar has a PHP requirement incompatible with your PHP version, PHP extensions and Composer version:
- ottaviano/faker-gravatar 0.1.2 requires php ^7.1 which does not match your installed version 8.1.0.
Looks like it does not support php 8...
Are there similar pluging supporting php 8 ?
Or maybe I can tune this plugin to work under php 8?
Thanks in advance!
You could create an issue on the repo and request that the maintainer update the package to support PHP 8. Alternatively you could fork the repo and either maintain that fork yourself, or create a pull request once you've updated the package.
With the above in mind though, something to note is that package is using an abandoned faker library. There is a new fork that is recommended for use but does not have a gravatar provider.
You could write your own provider for the newer faker library or alternatively go down the very simple route of just implementing a statement to generate a gravatar yourself.
'https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/' . md5(strtolower(trim($faker->email()))) . '?d=identicon';
The above will look for an existing gravatar for the provided email address and return that if it finds one, otherwise will return a default gravatar image which in my example is a geometric pattern based on the email hash.
Whilst this solution might not be as flexible as the package in your question, if all you're after is a gravatar and don't care whether it's isometric or a robot (see default images in the API docs for changing the default image generated) then something simple like this might be all you need.
I started with Laravel 7 a few weeks ago. It happened to me multiple times that after reading about a topic on the Laravel website, I wanted to check the details of a function, for example:
Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route::group()
So I went to the Laravel API, and could find the Route facade, but not the group function.
What am I doing wrong? Where do you check for example the exact signature of a function?
Thanks!
The method group in Route::group() is inherited from another class, RegistrarGroup.
See the docblock method in the source file, vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Route.php:
#method static \Illuminate\Routing\Router|\Illuminate\Routing\RouteRegistrar group(\Closure|string|array $attributes, \Closure|string $routes)
so, this is what you look for in the API documentation:
https://laravel.com/api/7.x/Illuminate/Contracts/Routing/Registrar.html#method_group
That is because a Facade, by definition, is only an 'interface' to the methods exponed by another object, so you will not find the actual methods available by visiting the facade code.
Usually you can find the actual class that a facade resolves to (when not mocked) by checking the docblock in the source code and navigate to that class.
A very useful tool to overcome this problem and provide autocompletion (and inspection) for facades on your IDE is the package https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper
Please point out any naivete or incorrect assumptions I'm making about Laravel, Composer, PHPUnit, etc.
I had a class called SpeechToTextHelper that was inside a Laravel project, and it used facades like this:
use Cache;
use Log;
use Storage;
Then, since I wanted to share it between multiple Laravel projects, I moved it into a separate repo and required it (into the first project) as a dependency via Composer.
The code all seems to run fine.
My question is different from Using Laravel Facades outside Laravel
What I want to know is:
Now that I also want to write PHPUnit tests for SpeechToTextHelper in my new tools repo, I see errors like RuntimeException: A facade root has not been set. and Error: Class 'Log' not found, presumably because this tools repo has no awareness of Laravel. I guess this means my production code has been working just by side-effect.
In my new tools repo (where my SpeechToTextHelper now is), how am I supposed to indicate (maybe somewhere in composer.json?) that the code will only work if Laravel's facades exist and are initiated properly?
How can I fix my separate repo's code so that its tests can run and also so that it ensures that it can only be "required" by a Laravel project?
P.S. https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/facades says "When building a third-party package that interacts with Laravel, it's better to inject Laravel contracts (https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/contracts) [which live in their own GitHub repository] instead of using facades." "If you are building a package, you should strongly consider using contracts since they will be easier to test in a package context."
But I do not see contracts for Log or Storage at all.
I think you are looking for Laravel component repositories
Cache - This component shows how to use Laravel's Cache features in non-Laravel applications.
Log - This component shows how to use Laravel's Log features in non-Laravel applications.
This video shows, how you can use eloquent outside laravel, I think that will give you better idea.
I'm not positive that this is the best approach, so I'd love if others
would provide better answers.
For production code
My composer.json still has this in the "require" section: "laravel/framework": "5.7.*",.
I plan to only ever require this tools library from within a Laravel app. I'm not sure that this is the right way to make that a rule, but my production code at least seems to be working.
For tests
As for tests, what seems to have been necessary was to add these files from https://github.com/laravel/laravel/tree/2a1f3761e89df690190e9f50a6b4ac5ebb8b35a3:
app/Console/Kernel.php
app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
app/Providers/AuthServiceProvider.php
app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php
app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php
bootstrap/cache/.gitignore
bootstrap/app.php
bootstrap/autoload.php
config/app.php
config/database.php
config/logging.php
config/view.php
storage/logs/laravel.log
tests/CreatesApplication.php
tests/TestCase.php
Perhaps those are the minimum set of barebones Laravel files without which tests can't run.
Then I made sure that each test class extended tests/TestCase.php. And I adjusted the namespaces.
I'm starting a new project and I want to reuse some parts of it, mainly the stuff related to user registration and authentication. I can copy and paste all of the code but I want to use again. I know there is Package Development in Laravel but it's not easy and feel like there must be a better way.
Some days ago I find a pingpong/modules but I don't know about it. It's third party plugin and don't trust it.
Use this plugin is true? Is this plugin is updated later? What's different between Embedd Package Laravel and pingpong/modules? or Do you have any suggestion?
Pingpong modules seems to be build for the earlier version of Laravel 5 and in how far they are compatible with future versions (and maybe current 5.1.11) I cannot say.
There isn't much activity going look the commit history for 2.1, as of today(18 dec) the last commit was over 6 months ago.
But is the package specifically designed for Laravel? It seems to. They offer a bunch of features which are useful for development. The only unfortunate thing is you get a LOT of code within your own git environment (is it a good thing? I don't know, what do you prefer).
Personally I don't like it in this way for development, I prefer them in the vendor/ folder else it's a pain to update it to newer a version.
Since Laravel 5 Taylor wanted to make package development not too specific anymore, like in Laravel 4. The only thing what you can do (but not have to) to make your package using Laravel is using the ServiceProvider's. The ServiceProvider is the bootstrap into the Laravel application.
If you want to extend or implement your own functionality, fork the repo and build it yourself on top off it and host it (through github/packagist or a private repo using Satis).
Pingpong modules (2.1) is build for Laravel 5 and they you described (Embedded Laravel Package) is more for Laravel 4, because the more specific way you have to write the package.
But, there is alternative?
Whenever you want a more active project/package for development you should tryout Asgard CMS. They are pretty modular and I thought I read somewhere it was inspired by this package (totally not sure).
How about building yourself?
Of course you can build your own packages to achieve the same result. And create it as modular as you want. I created a lot modules for my company and we can create pretty easy a entire system and using and extending/overriding modules. Even small parts from a module can be overwritten to project specific needs.
We have chosen for almost the same structure as the app/ folder which Laravel projects, in case of CMS/API modules.
A packages look like:
tests/
src/
Acme/
Controllers/
Requests/
Models/
Module.php // contains some specifc calculations for example
ModelServiceProvider.php
composer.json
In the composer.json file we autoload: "Module\\": "src/"
And in the config/app.php we register the ModuleServiceProvider. Now we injected the functionality into Laravel's container and can we use it through the app() instance.
But whenever we only want to use the Models with in another project or standalone, we can still use it because the autoloaded features from composer and the way we build the package. Possible to use:
<?php
require_once __DIR__ .'/vendor/autoload.php';
use Module\Models\Module;
$module = new Module;
Edit
The package structure we like to use, to have a section for API or CMS stuff:
tests/
src/
Cms/
Controllers/
Requests/
Api/
Controllers/
Transformers/
Models/
Module.php // contains some specifc calculations for example
Providers/
CmsServiceProvider.php // includes `ModuleServiceProvider`
ApiServiceProvider.php // includes `ModuleServiceProvider`
ModuleServiceProvider.php // contains global stuff like commands etc.
composer.json
and instead of registering ModuleServiceProvider in config/app.php we register the ApiServiceProvider or CmsServiceProvider depending on the wishes of the client/project.
To reuse your classes simply use php namespaces or use to call back your clases.
Using the namespace
namespace Acme\Tools;
class Foo
{
echo "me";
}
You can the call class foo
<?php
$foo = new \Acme\Tools\Foo();
Using Use.
You can also use use Statement as below :
<?php
use \Acme\Tools\Foo;
$foo = new Foo();
Use Middleware
You should also use middleware to filter who should use the scripts ie the Auth middle-ware , which will help you in filtering users , registrations , logins READ MORE http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/middleware
Use Eloquent
Use ORM to create REST apis to your models , its very simple , always let your controller class extend eloquent use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; ie as :
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; .Read More http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/eloquent
Lastly Use Laravel In built Helper functions
There are numerous Laravel In built Helper functions , to use simply go over the documentation to help you
I've used pingpong modules. It a pretty cool package. I'm not sure if it's updated much. But it's a very simple package. The only thing it does is create a folder with almost the same structure as in the app folder + views. But these are modules. You can reuse it if you program them right. The same goes for the other answer from jimmy if you have a good structure you can reuse anything.
EDIT
In the image below you'll see an example of pingpong modules. As you it's pretty much the same structure as the app folder. Maybe more the root folder. Normally it runs start.php and you have a routes.php file int he Http folder. I customized mine a bit. And load the frontend and backend routes within the RouteServiceProvider. This is build with laravel 5.1.
I just downloaded Laravel 5 and started migrating to it. However, I find the required use of namespaces really annoying.
I don't feel like I am getting much from it, other than cluttering my code.
How can I disable the namespacing requirement?
I don't think you should disable or remove namespaces. The main reason for namespacing is to avoid conflicts with classes that have the same name. As soon as an application gets larger you will have classes that have the same name. Example from the Framework source:
Illuminate\Console\Application and Illuminate\Foundation\Application
Both are called the same. Only because of the namespacing you can import the right class. Of course you could also name them:
ConsoleApplication and FoundationApplication
But while the namespace normally is only used when importing a class at the top of a file:
use `Illuminate\Console\Application`
The name itself is used everywhere in the code. That's something that really clutters up your code, too long class names.
Besides the naming thing, namespaces also encourage better structure and help with knowing where your files are. That's because Laravel's default structure is PSR-4 compliant. That means if you have a controller App\Http\Controllers\HomeController you can be certain that you will find a HomeController.php under app/Http/Controllers.
I am aware of that, but it's not needed in the project I am working on.
Maybe it doesn't make sense for the current project but getting used to namespaces will help you tackle bigger projects in the future
And being a Sublime Text user, which doesn't have autoimport, it really gets to be a pain
I don't know Sublime Text that well, but CodeIntel might have auto import. Otherwise consider switching to another editor / IDE. I can highly recommend JetBrains PhpStorm
In the end, if you still don't want to use namespaces, keep using Laravel 4 or search for another framework that follows less good practices...
Removing namespaces from your app classes
While a totally don't recommend this, it is possible to at least remove some of the namespacing in your application.
For example the default controller namespace App\Http\Controllers can be changed to no namespace at all in RouteServiceProvider:
protected $namespace = '';
And for your models you can just remove the namespace in the file and your good. But keep in mind that without namespaces PSR-4 autoloading won't work anymore. You will have to autoload your files using classmap in composer.json
You can avoid using namespaces for own classes by defining them in the global namespace in your composer.json file. Like this:
"autoload": {
"psr-0": {
"": ["app/Http/Controllers/",
"app/models/",
"app/helpers"
]
},
You will also have to change your app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php to:
protected $namespace = '';
for routing to work.