Shorter and more readable syntax #laravel #bestpractices

Shorter and more readable syntax.md

Common syntax	Shorter and more readable syntax
Session::get('cart')	session('cart')
$request->session()->get('cart')	session('cart')
Session::put('cart', $data)	session(['cart' => $data])
$request->input('name'), Request::get('name')	$request->name, request('name')
return Redirect::back()	return back()
is_null($obj->relation) ? null : $obj->relation->id	optional($obj->relation)->id
return view('index')->with('title', $title)->with('client', $client)	return view('index', compact('title', 'client'))
request->has('value') ? request->value : 'default'	request->get('value', 'default')
Carbon::now(), Carbon::today()	now(), today()
App::make('Class')	app('Class')
->where('column', '=', 1)	->where('column', 1)
->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')	->latest()
->orderBy('age', 'desc')	->latest('age')
->orderBy('created_at', 'asc')	->oldest()
->select('id', 'name')->get()	->get(['id', 'name'])
->first()->name	->value('name')