Recent tricks

Laravel has many choices for performing a query, sometimes it could be confusing, I hope this list help you to clear any doubts. If you know other way please show it in comments for add it.

Creates a link for a US telephone number.

Starting from 4.1.28, Application::boot() does not initialize sensitive session data anymore. That is, it is accessible, but encrypted. So if you're integrating 3rd party library, which needs external authentification check through sessions, simple checking Auth::check() will not work. However, we can still use old $_SESSION variable. Examples of 3rd party libraries: CkFinder, elFinder (has Laravel package though), MoxieManager. N.B. If you can use Ajax calls for authorization checks, you can still make a custom API with JSON request to user-logged (as an example) to see if user is authentificated.

Change the created_at, updated_at and deleted_at column names (deleted_at not working @ Laravel 4.2)

Laravel Cashier makes it easy to create subscription-based websites and collect money from customers. Passing an extra array to create() method allows passing data specific to Stripe's API along with creating a new subscription for the customer. To see which fields are supported check this section of Stripe's API: https://stripe.com/docs/api#create_customer

In case you want to access Route parameters outside controller, you can access current Route object and extract parameters from there.

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This snippet will explain how to use environment variables to configure your environment. Blog post: http://dor.ky/laravel-homestead-add-enviroment-variables-to-nginx/

This filter will prevent the route from having sessions enabled. Very useful for API calls and when you don't want sessions starting. Blog Post: http://dor.ky/laravel-prevent-sessions-for-routes-via-a-filter/