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An example of how I did my filters.php and routes.php to populate many of the same structured routes. Used Sentry 2 for Authentication and short syntax for array() Suggestions to make it even DRYer are welcome. php artisan route output of the example http://paste.laravel.com/1cnE

Sometimes you would like to restrict a certain route parameter. For instance, if you are using route parameters to determine the ID of a certain model you are using, you would only like digits to be passed, not alphabetical characters. You can set these restrictions on the route using ->where('<pattern>'). But what if you have a huge list of routes that all use the same pattern restriction? That's where this will come in handy.

Suppose you want to use Laravel query builder to search items in your db like this ?filter[search]=yourkeyword

If you want to count the number of results from a relationship without actually loading them you may use the "withCount" method, which will place a "{relation}_count" column on your resulting models.

Here is how to beat Laravel to the punch when the database isn't playing nice. The error codes are specific to MySQL. You can easily substitute the error codes for whatever DB you are using. Below are 2 common errors. Here's a scrrenshot of the error page plus.google.com/113701899574492909448/posts/c4oAn7FDmLj

It's a bit tricky to figure out exactly where to put a breakpoint to quickly check your final sql statement before execution. This is for 4.2 but may be similar in

A simple setup for create an artisan make:repository command See more https://github.com/sexym0nk3y/Laravel-5.3-Repository

If you know what nested sets are, and use lazychazer/laravel-nestedset package, and tried his example application (https://github.com/lazychaser/nestedset-app), then here is a snippet for replace his simple nav rendering to bootstrap (3.x) navbar compatible output. (Laravel 5 solution)

If you want your search functionality to be dynamic as possible to avoid code repetitions, you can use this trait directly in your models