Cool Tips

Laravel tip. Location-based filtering is a common requirement: - “find nearby” - “within X km” - “order by distance” Eloquent scope helps avoid repeating Haversine queries. You may put it into a Trait to use it in many models. Or maybe even a Package to use in many projects.

#Laravel Tip 💡 Middleware groups are great — until one route needs an exception. Laravel’s withoutMiddleware() lets you exclude inherited middleware on a single route without restructuring your routes 🚀

Laravel/PHP tip. Did you know PHP enums can act as a state machine? Define allowed transitions with `match` inside Enum. Then, use that function for validation elsewhere. Then, the enum IS the source of truth.

Did you know… With #Laravel’s incrementEach() and decrementEach() methods, you can easily update multiple counter columns in a single query:

#Laravel Tip ⚠️ Are you updating records while looping with lazy()? lazy() paginates using offsets. If your update changes the query condition, rows can be skipped or processed twice. lazyById() paginates by primary key instead — stable, predictable, safe. That’s why it exists 🚀

#Laravel Tip Load data faster when the targeted values are integer. Use 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗜𝗻𝗥𝗮𝘄() instead of the 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗜𝗻() method to load data faster when the targeted values are integer.

Laravel 13 welcome page 👀

Laravel 13 will have `#[Seeder]` for tests 🧪 Declare your seeder on the test class and it runs automatically. Cleaner tests. Better DX. Less boilerplate. Laravel keeps leveling up 🔥

Sorry for so much shipping today 😅 but, we also just launched a new starter kit. Laravel + Svelte + Inertia. ❤️ Just update your Laravel installer for access.

Laravel tip. Working with a multi-lang project and wanna check if no translations are missing? I've seen packages for this, but actually you can do it in the Pest test. Here's a test method Claude Code suggested to me. Pretty smart, huh?

Example why you should always review AI-generated code. 1. `->get()` downloads ALL DB table data INTO RAM, and only then does `->pluck()` in Collection 2. Unnecessary `::query()` with no benefit (may be useful in other cases) It's not a bug, of course, but kinda bad practice.

#Laravel Tip Find out queries that take a long time. It's simple to log them using:

Laravel tip. Pass Enum values directly to Eloquent scopes with type hints. PHP validates the type automatically, eliminating runtime errors.

HTTP Status Codes - Complete Reference: 1xx: Informational 100 – Continue 101 – Switching Protocols 102 – Processing 2xx: Success 200 – OK 201 – Created 202 – Accepted 204 – No Content 206 – Partial Content 3xx: Redirection 301 – Moved Permanently 302 – Found (Temporary Redirect) 304 – Not Modified 307 – Temporary Redirect 308 – Permanent Redirect 4xx: Client Errors 400 – Bad Request 401 – Unauthorized 403 – Forbidden 404 – Not Found 405 – Method Not Allowed 408 – Request Timeout 409 – Conflict 410 – Gone 413 – Payload Too Large 415 – Unsupported Media Type 418 – I'm a Teapot (Easter egg) 422 – Unprocessable Entity 429 – Too Many Requests 5xx: Server Errors 500 – Internal Server Error 501 – Not Implemented 502 – Bad Gateway 503 – Service Unavailable 504 – Gateway Timeout 507 – Insufficient Storage 508 – Loop Detected

Let's break some lagacy apps 😁

Laravel tip. Use `domain()` with route model binding to automatically resolve SUBDOMAINS to models. `{account:slug}.myapp.com` instantly gives you the Account model without manual queries.

#Laravel Tip Laravel has oldestOfMany(), newestOfMany() and ofMany(), that you can use on a hasMany relationship.

Laravel tip. Laravel's factory magic methods like `for()` eliminate boilerplate in your tests. Define BelongsTo relationships once, and Laravel automatically generates convenient `->for{ModelName}()` methods for intuitive test data creation.

🔒 Laravel Permission, one of our most popular packages, just got a major update. Add dynamic roles and permissions to your Laravel app with a simple trait. Create roles, assign permissions, and check access using Laravel's built-in authorization. All stored in the database. #laravel #php

Laravel tip: `withMax()` aggregation method. In this example, DB has `ratings.rating` column. Each recipe row now has an extra attribute: `user_rating` (the max rating this user gave that recipe).