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] »
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, »
DB instance without using facades in Laravel's Lumen
The point of Lumen is that it is light and fast, and so by default helpful tools like Eloquent and Facades are disabled. I like to »
.active classes in menus with Blade templates
In many of my projects, I have a layout blade file that each page extends. As part of the layout, there is a menu bar that »
Cleanly handle the routing for static pages in Laravel/Lumen
I'm working on a small project using Laravel's Lumen [http://lumen.laravel.com] that requires a few basic static pages. I was looking for a quicker »