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Laravel Helper Functions

Laravel-specific and pure PHP Helper Functions.

Usage

1. Install the package via Composer:

2. Use any of the provided helper functions:

Available functions

Feel free to contribute.

• Array

  • array_except_value
  • multiarray_set
  • multiarray_sort_by

• Artisan

  • call_in_background

• Database

  • db_is_sqlite
  • db_is_mysql
  • db_mysql_now
  • db_mysql_variable

• Date

  • to_default_timezone

• Debug

  • backtrace_as_string
  • minimized_backtrace_as_string

• Email

  • is_email
  • to_rfc2822_email
  • to_swiftmailer_emails
  • to_symfony_emails

• Filesystem

  • relative_path

• Format

  • get_dump
  • format_bytes
  • format_xml

• Json

  • is_json

• System

  • is_windows_os
• Xml
  • xml_to_array
  • array_to_xml

Array

array_except_value()

Remove the given values from the array:

multiarray_set()

Set the value for each item of the multidimensional array using "dot" notation:

multiarray_sort_by()

Sort the multidimensional array by several fields:

Also, you can change the sort order:

Artisan

call_in_background()

Call the given artisan console command in background.

Code execution continues immediately, without waiting for results.

Optional before and after sub-commands could be used:

Database

db_is_sqlite()

Check whether the default database connection driver is sqlite or not:

db_is_mysql()

Check whether the default database connection driver is mysql or not:

db_mysql_now()

Get the current MySQL datetime:

db_mysql_variable()

Get value of the specified MySQL variable:

Date

to_default_timezone()

Convert the given datetime to the default timezone (see app.timezone config):

Debug

backtrace_as_string()

Get backtrace without arguments, as a string:

minimized_backtrace_as_string()

Get minimized backtrace, as a string:

Email

is_email()

Check whether the given string is an email address or not:

to_rfc2822_email()

Convert addresses data to RFC 2822 string, suitable for PHP mail() function:

Also, it supports simplified syntax for a single address:

to_swiftmailer_emails()

Convert addresses data to SwiftMailer-suitable format:

Also, it supports simplified syntax for a single address:

to_symfony_emails()

Convert addresses data to Symfony-suitable format:

Also, it supports simplified syntax for a single address:

Filesystem

relative_path()

Get a relative path for the given folders:

You can pass the relative path as a parameter too:

Format

get_dump()

Get a nicely formatted string representation of the variable, using the Symfony VarDumper Component:

format_bytes()

Format bytes into kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes or terabytes:

format_xml()

Format the given XML string using new lines and indents:

Json

is_json()

Check whether the given value is a valid JSON-encoded string or not:

It returns decoded JSON if you pass true as a second argument:

System

is_windows_os()

Check whether the operating system is Windows or not:

Xml

xml_to_array()

Convert the given XML to array:

Alternatively, you can pass an instance of the SimpleXMLElement class instead of a string.

array_to_xml()

Convert the given array to XML string:

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License

Laravel Helper Functions is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.