How to split your Laravel routes into directories
How to split Laravel routes into directories or subfolders for more organisation and to keep the route files smaller. In this example the Article API routes are placed into their…
In Laravel what does the isDirty method do?
In Laravel the isDirty method can be used to examine the state of your model and its data to determine if changes have been made and need updating. isDirty will…
Prevent search engine indexing with a simple HTML meta tag
Preventing a page from being indexed by search engines has never been easier, all it takes is a meta tag in the head section of the page. Prevent all search…
Generating a sitemap from a PHP PDO select query
A quick and easy method to generate a sitemap file from a PHP PDO select query with a foreach loop to add each URL into the sitemap.xml This is all…
Cloning an NVMe to SK Hynix Platinum P41 NVMe
I recently needed to clone over a smaller NVMe to a 2TB SK Hynix Platinum P41 NVMe, however I ran into the issue where it was not bootable. The fix…
Redirect URL to previous route in Laravel
To return back to the previous route in Laravel simply just use the back() method: return back(); back() will create a new redirect response. You can of course return back…
A quick method to have custom validation messages with Laravel
A quick method in Laravel to provide custom validation error messages. This generally isn’t needed however if you want to provide more context to the validation fails you can utilize…
Laravel redirect on a missing model resource instead of 404
When a model resource is not found in Laravel you get an HTTP 404 not found, however you can also do other actions such as a redirect. Using the missing()…
Laravel change where users are redirect to after login
Changing the redirect location for when users login in Laravel. You can find this value at the below location app/providers/RouteServiceProvider.php Edit the HOME const to where you want the authenticated…
Bypass a global scope in a Laravel Eloquent query
How to easily bypass or exclude a global scope on a Laravel model. Remove a registered global scope by using withoutGlobalScope() in your eloquent query with the parameter being the…