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Laravel Helpers

Installation

This package requires PHP 5.6+, and includes a Laravel 5 Service Provider.

To install through composer include the package in your composer.json.

"curtissaunders/laravel-helpers": "^1.0"

Run composer install or composer update to download the dependencies or you can run composer require curtissaunders/laravel-helpers.

Laravel 5 Integration

To use the package with Laravel 5, add the Helper Service Provider to the list of service providers in app/config/app.php.

'providers' => [

  CurtisSaunders\LaravelHelpers\HelpersServiceProvider::class

];

Available helpers

• versioned_asset will apply a cache busting query string to your assets.
• concat will concatenate strings together
• concat_ws will concatenate strings together with the separator being defined as the first argument
• generate_uuid will generate a valid RFC 4122 UUID
• route_is/routeIs will check if the current route matches the route passed
• query_log_to_sql will allow you to log a database query to a variable and dump it out for easy debugging
• combine_query will combine a query with its bindings

Example of versioned_asset:

{{ versioned_asset('images/photo.png') }}

outputs:

http://mysite.com/images/photo.png?v=392104829

Example of concat:

{{ concat('John', 'Terry', 'Dave') }}

outputs:

John Terry Dave

Example of concat_ws:

{{ concat_ws(' - ', 'John', 'Terry', 'Dave') }}

outputs:

John - Terry - Dave

Example of generate_uuid:

{{ generate_uuid() }}

outputs:

e4eaaaf2-d142-11e1-b3e4-080027620cdd

When using the generate_uuid function, you are able to generate valid RFC 1, 3, 4 and 5 versions. In order to change the version, simply pass the version number you require as the first argument (defaults to 1). For example, to generate a version 4 Uuid, you can do the following:

{{ generate_uuid(4) }}

outputs:

25769c6c-d34d-4bfe-ba98-e0ee856f3e7a

For versions 3 and 5, you are also required to pass in a string as the second argument. This is hashed and used when generating the Uuid. For example:

{{ generate_uuid(3, 'php.net') }}

outputs:

11a38b9a-b3da-360f-9353-a5a725514269

Example of route_is() or routeIs():

Examples shown in Laravel Blade

Alternatively

You can also check for specific parameters by passing them in an array as the second argument. For example, you may want to check that you're on a specific product category to apply an "active" class to a link. Consider the below when looping through category links:

The above would apply a class of "active" when you're on the corresponding page to that link.

Example of query_log_to_sql:

Example of combine_query: