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This is a laravel command i wrote to handle the upgrade to 4.1 It covers everything in the upgrade doc except for handling missing method. It should be easily addable if you need it. Make sure to add the following to start/artisan.php Artisan::add(new UpgradeCommand); Artisan::resolve('UpgradeCommand'); Once finished, run the following php artisan auth:reminders-controller

Here's a simple little scope that you can use to get a random collection of Model objects from the database.

For the official Laravel (4, 5) documentation website. Github: https://github.com/Webaty/Awesome-Laravel-documentation-bookmarklet - Features: 1. AJAX Pagination. 2. All external links open up in a new window. 3. Browser (back and forward). 4. Left sidebar fixed position with scrollbar. - Usage: 1. Open your browser. 2. Create a new bookmark. 3. Set the bookmarklet name and paste the code below as the URL. 4. Open http://laravel.com/docs/ then click on the new bookmarklet.

Get products count which are under sub categories of a parent category

That's a nice trick

Previously, if you wanted to output a default value of a string in Blade you would put a condition that checks if the variable is set, otherwise defaults to some value. Now you can shorten the code by using the keyword "or" to specify what should be displayed if the variable is not set.

You can use this when you want to add a placeholder to your Form::selectRange or Form::selectMonth.

cannot end a section without first starting one in new Laravel 5.3

Laravel's docs suggest to override the Model's getDates() methods when adding your own date fields. http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/eloquent#date-mutators To keep the default created_at, updated_at and deleted_at date fields, these must also be returned by the method, giving you at least 4 elements to the array. An easier (or at least, tidier) way is to set the protected $dates property with your own fields. These are merged with the defaults.