Laravel Eloquent's ->firstOr() method
I stumbled on another hidden gem today. I've know that Laravel has both ->firstOrNew() and firstOrCreate() queries [https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/eloquent#other-creation-methods] »
Cloud Scanner with Raspberry Pi & Fujitsu ix500
My end goal here is to have a completely headless Raspberry Pi. Push the scan button, and the Pi does all the work scanning, processing, and »
Blade shortcut for echoing variables that may not be set
Laravel is one of those frameworks that has hidden tricks that are a delight to stumble across. This is one of them. In your blade templates, »
Things to note when using Dompdf
While using Dompdf for a project I came across two small things that are worth noting. Dompdf [https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf] is a PHP package »
The list() function [PHP]
The list() function was one of those functions that I didn't learn about in any PHP course, but has stumbled across while looking at others code. »