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<?php
  
// When registering routes, you may limit the possible values for a route parameter. In this way you may change your response based on a valid parameter, having an expressive route and not a Query string parameter.

Route::get('stores/{store}/orders/{type?}')
    ->uses('StoreOrderController@byType')
    ->name('stores.orders.by-type.index')
    ->where('type', 'new|fulfilling|pickup|history')
;  
  

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// Format a string into a url and translate any characters based on a conversion table
  
//UrlFormatter

<?php

namespace AppBundle\Formatter;

class UrlFormatter
{

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// Truncate Number without rounding the value

function truncate_number($number, $precision = 2)
{
    // Zero causes issues, and no need to truncate
    if (0 == (int) $number) {
        return $number;
    }

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// What if you have and-or mix in your SQL query, like this:
// ... WHERE (gender = 'Male' and age >= 18) or (gender = 'Female' and age >= 65) How to translate it into Eloquent?

// This is the wrong way:

$q->where('gender', 'Male');
$q->orWhere('age', '>=', 18);
$q->where('gender', 'Female');

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namespace AppBundle\Helper;

class SizeOrderHelper
{
    private const PATTERNS = [
        '^[0-9]+$' => false,
        '^[0-9\/]+$' => false,
        '^[0-9]+yrs$' => false,

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// search query from scope in laravel model
public function scopeSearchResults($query)
{
  return $query->when(!empty(request()->input('location', 0)), function($query) {
    $query->whereHas('location', function($query) {
      $query->whereId(request()->input('location'));
    });
  })

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function random_password($length = 12)
{
    $chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!@#$%^&*()_-=+;:,.?";
    return substr(str_shuffle($chars), 0, $length);
}

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// Create custom method for Query Builder

<?php
  
// You can put it the boot method of App\Providers\AppServiceProvider or a service provider of your own.  
  
//Usage Model::whereLike('name', ['mike', 'joe'])->get()
//Usage Model::whereLike('message.type', ['text', 'sms'])->get();

Builder::macro('whereLike', function ($attributes, $terms) {

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# PricePointHelper
<?php
  
namespace AppBundle\Helper;

class PricePointHelper
{
    /**
     * Round a price up to the next price point
     * @param float|null $price

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// if you want to run custom validation having a long function in laravel request file, you can use the following tricks to get the things done using withValidator method.
class StoreBlogPost extends FormRequest
{
    public function authorize()
    {
        return true;
    }