Notes on working with Laravel 5

README.md

Working with Laravel 5

• Website: http://laravel.com/
• October CMS gist: https://gist.github.com/hofmannsven/e71b90092fde4dc5cff9

Tools

• Laravel cheatsheet: http://cheats.jesse-obrien.ca/
• Laravel 5 cheatsheet: https://aufree.github.io/laravel5-cheatsheet/
• Laravel IDE helper for PhpStorm: https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper

Tutorials

• https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/quickstart
• https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/quickstart-intermediate

Usage

Show version: php artisan --version

Show all commands: php artisan list

Show all routes: php artisan route:list

Setup

Key: php artisan key:generate

Setup Homestead with Vagrant

• https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/homestead

Fix authentication failure on bootup

Problem: $ vagrant up results in authentication failure.

default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...

Solution: SSH into the VM via $ ssh vagrant@localhost -p 2222 and remove and regenerate the private keys:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitchellh/vagrant/master/keys/vagrant.pub -O .ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 700 .ssh
chmod 600 .ssh/authorized_keys
chown -R vagrant:vagrant .ssh

Mcrypt

Install Mcrypt via Homebrew: brew install mcrypt

Setup Permissions

Make sure to grant Apache access to store data within storage:

• storage/app
• storage/framework
• storage/logs

See: https://gist.github.com/hofmannsven/8392477#permissions

Logs

Daily logs: Add APP_LOG=daily to your .env config file (see config/app.php).

Setup with AngularJS

Follow: https://scotch.io/quick-tips/quick-tip-using-laravel-blade-with-angularjs

Database

Populate: php artisan db:seed

Populate a specific database: php artisan db:seed --database mysql_testing

Migration

Create new migration: php artisan make:migration create_tasks_table --create=tasks » see database/migrations

Migrate: php artisan migrate

Migrate, again: php artisan migrate:refresh

Migrate a specific database: php artisan migrate --database mysql_testing

Model

Create new model: php artisan make:model Task » see app

Create new model and do migration: php artisan make:model Task -m

Policy

Create new policy: php artisan make:policy TaskPolicy » see app/Policies

Authentication

Create views: php artisan make:auth --views » see resources/views/auth

Middleware

Create: php artisan make:middleware BeforeMiddleware » see app/Http/Middleware

Events

Note: The name of the event is usally set in past tense (event is already done).

Add new event with listeners in app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php

Create new events automatically based on your EventServiceProvider: php artisan event:generate » see app/Events and also app/Listeners

Artisan Console

Create command: php artisan make:console AppAbout --command=app:about » see app/Console/Commands

Register new command: » see app/Console/Kernel.php

Usage: php artisan app:about

Testing

• PHPUnit cheatsheet: https://gist.github.com/hofmannsven/67deb0d36c991246b0a0

Usage: php artisan make:test UserTest

Configuration

Add testing database credentials to your phpunit.xml file:

<env name="DB_HOST" value="192.168.10.10"/>
<env name="DB_DATABASE" value="homestead"/>
<env name="DB_USERNAME" value="homestead"/>
<env name="DB_PASSWORD" value="secret"/>

Use temporary in memory database:

<env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="sqlite"/>
<env name="DB_DATABASE" value=":memory:"/>

Composer

Re-generate autoload: composer dump-autoload

Route Caching

Cache: php artisan route:cache

Clear: php artisan route:clear

Interacting with the application

Usage: php artisan tinker

E.g. create User: $user = factory(App\User::class)->create();

blade.md

Working with Laravel/Blade

Comment: {{-- Hello World! --}}

Include: @include('modules.header')

Styles: {{ HTML::style('css/vendor/normalize.css') }}

Scripts: {{ HTML::script('js/vendor/jquery.min.js') }}

routes.php

<?php

Blade::setContentTags('<%', '%>'); // For variables and all things Blade.
Blade::setEscapedContentTags('<%%', '%%>'); // For escaped data.