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Use this trick to log queries using Monolog. Add this to your routes.php and log straight into your Firebug console. Firebug needs the FirePHP add-on. - kisses Netbulae

Let's say, that your user provide inputs which has arrays like multiple accounts and different crediting and debiting amount, and you need to validate if they are balancing. You will need to extract the array and do some sort of manipulations before proceeding to validation...You can just overload the all() method in your form request class

with this trait you can get Enum values of a table /

This employs Eloquent's polymorphic relationships (https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/eloquent-relationships#polymorphic-relations) to provide a simple flat comment thread system.

This trick is handy for wrapping all of your form elements with the same HTML/classes, which is especially useful for handling error states when using frameworks like Bootstrap or Foundation.

Helper function to mass-map routes to methods. I use this setup in development to quickly map all "test/*" routes to a Test controller, to test out arbitrary PHP code. Updated version also supports DI in controller methods. Updated to correctly fill optional arguments.

Check if the request matches the url. If so, add an active class to the menu item.

Gulp is a javascript taskrunner (like Grunt) using Nodejs. You can use it to automatically run PHPUnit tests on saved files. Ex: Save Foo.php and run FooTest.php automatically. Link to gist: https://gist.github.com/varghesejacob/56e2637dcb5cd2bc4b51

Reference the connection by name, the database could be named differently in another environment.\ Note: you might want to add backticks to the database name if the name uses alternative characters.