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laravel-helper is a package full of helper functions I found useful when developing applications with Laravel. All functions are wrapped with a functions_exists() in case of conflicts.

Also have a look at

• https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/helpers
• http://calebporzio.com/11-awesome-laravel-helper-functions (abandoned?)
• https://packagist.org/packages/illuminated/helper-functions
• https://packagist.org/packages/laravel/helper-functions

Ideas what should go in here? Write a pull request or email!

Installation

$ composer require repat/laravel-helper

Documentation

⚠️ The majority of helper functions are now in repat/php-helper which this package is based on. You can find the documentation at https://github.com/repat/php-helper

Database

mysql_headers($table, $assoc = false)

Returns an array of MySQL headers/columns or empty array in case of an error. If the second parameter is set true (default is false) it returns an associative array.

print_r(mysql_headers("test_table"));
// returns: Array( [0] => head1, [1] => head2 )

print_r(mysql_headers("test_table", $assoc = true));
// returns: Array( [head1] => head1, [head2] => head2)

table_headers($model)

Returns the database table headers, similar to mysql_headers(), but based on an object of a Eloquent Model.

use App\Models\User;

$user = User::first();

print_r(table_headers($user));
// returns: Array( 1 => id, 2 => name, ...)

print_db_session($table = 'sessions')

print_r() the session of current user.

print_db_session();
// returns:
// Array
// (
//     [_token] => 7Au0aYkJVxQVA3xQBfdJwKNaWxUv0UVJKublCqMn
//     [locale] => en
//     ...
// )

get_free_slug($toSlug, $field, $fqcn, $id, $pk)

Returns a unique slug for an Eloquent Model given the following parameters:

• $toSlug: suggestion for the slug
• $field: name of the database field, usually slug
• $fqcn: Fully qualified class name of Eloquent Model
• $id: id to exclude (e.g. it's own on update)
• $pk: primary key of the database table, defaults to id

Will append a number if $toSlug is already taken.

use App\Model\User;

$user = User::first();

$user->id;
// returns: 1
$user->slug;
// returns: foobar

get_free_slug('foobar', 'slug', User::class, 1, 'id');
// returns: foobar1

insert_bindings($query)

Inserts values into ? from the ->toSql() string.

insert_bindings(DB::table('users')->where('id', 1));
// returns: SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `id` = '1'

Object

morph_map()

Returns the morphMap from AppServiceProvider set with Relation::morphMap().

morph_map();
// returns:Array
// (
//     [user] => App\Models\User
// )

morph_map_key($fqcn)

Reverse lookup for a class in the morphMap of the AppServiceProvider set with Relation::morphMap().

use App\Models\User;

morph_map_key(User::class);
// returns: 'user'

cache_get_or_add($key, $callable)

Returns Cache for given key or adds the return value from the callable to the cache and then returns it.

use App\Models\Post;

$posts = cache_get_or_add('posts', function() {
    return Post::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->get();
});

dispatch_tinker($job)

Dispatches jobs from the tinker REPL.

dispatch_tinker(new \App\Jobs\CleanupJob());
// returns: 1 (id of job)

Networking

route_path($path)

Get the path to the Laravel routes folder, similar to app_path(), see Helpers Documentation. It will append $path but it's not mandatory.

route_path();
// returns: /var/www/htdocs/laravel/routes

route_path('web.php');
// returns: /var/www/htdocs/laravel/routes/web.php

named_routes($path, $verb)

Returns array of all named routes in a routes file or null on error. It's possible to pass an HTTP verb/method defined in HTTP_VERBS_LARAVEL (see below).

named_routes('/var/www/htdocs/laravel/routes/web.php');
// returns: [
// 'laravel.get'
// 'laravel.post'
// ]

named_routes('/var/www/htdocs/laravel/routes/web.php', 'get');
// returns: [
// 'laravel.get'
// ]

current_route_name()

If the current route has a name, otherwise return null.

// in routes/web.php
// Route::name('dev.foo')->get('foo', 'Dev\TestController@foo');
// Route::get('bar', 'Dev\TestController@bar');

// in Dev/TestController@foo
current_route_name();
// returns: dev.foo

// in Dev/TestController@foo
current_route_name();
// returns: null

all_routes()

Returns an array of all routes like so:

all_routes();
// returns:
//      "name" => 'route.test', // could be null
//      "methods" => [
//          "GET",
//          "HEAD",
//      ],
//      "uri" => "test",
//      "action" => "\App\Http\Controllers\TestController@test",

route_exists($namedRoute)

Checks if the given route is a named route in any routes file.

route_exists('route.test');

// returns: true

route_exists('route.foobar')

// returns: false

Optional Packages

Optional packages suggested by this are required for these functions to work.

translated_attributes($fqcn)

Uses astrotomic/laravel-translatable and Reflection to get the translatedAttributes attribute of a Model.

• $ composer require astrotomic/laravel-translatable

use App\Models\Product;

translated_attributes(Product::class);
// returns: ['title', 'description'];

HTML

extract_inline_img($text, $storagePath, $srcPath, $optimize)

Extracts an inline image from a text, saves it on the harddrive and puts in the filename with the src attribute. Can use the spatie/laravel-image-optimizer to optimize images after upload but it's disabled by default.

• $ composer require spatie/laravel-image-optimizer

extract_inline_img("<img src='data:image/jpeg;base64,...>", '/var/www/htdocs/laravel/storage/foobar', 'public/images', true);
// returns: <img src="public/images/fj3209fjew93.jpg">

Constants

• HTTP_VERBS_LARAVEL: [all, get, head, post, delete, options, put, patch]
• REGEX_IMG_BASE64_SRC: Regular Expression used to find a base64 encoded image in HTML text
• REGEX_IMG_BASE64_REPLACE: Regular Expression used to replace a base64 encoded image in HTML text
• MULTIPLE_TRANS: 2

Contributors

• https://github.com/bertholf

License

• MIT, see LICENSE

Version

• Version 0.6

Contact

repat

• Homepage: https://repat.de
• e-mail: repat@repat.de
• Twitter: @repat123