Laravel is an free, open-source web MVC framework for PHP.
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Fork a repository that is half usable or create new repository from scratch?
I am new in open source development. I am trying to develop a Laravel package. I went through some of already present packages. And I found a package that can be usable but problem is that only half ...
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Clearing Laravel cache on REST web service and front-end
Our REST web service and front-end are both on the Laravel Framework.
The REST service and the front-end share a memcached server. The endpoint response and the data received on the front-end are ...
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Should Laravel's App::make() be considered a dependency?
I think the question in general is best summed up as, should Laravel's App::make() be considered a dependency? On the one hand it can instantiate any number of different implementations, so maybe it ...
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Managing a development database in a group project
I'm working for a small webdevelopment company and we want to set up development environments. We'll be using the Laravel framework in combination with Homestead. Now, Homestead has its own database ...
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HTTP Query String vs URL Parameter for referral codes
I'm working with a Laravel app and am development a "referral" feature. A user clicks "refer friend" and a URL pops up that can be shared on Facebook etc, when another user clicks on the link they ...
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Using multiple languages
I currently have a website running PHP laravel. We came to a point where we want to add a user-backend -- where users sign-up and can access functions when logging in.
My question is; Is it possible ...
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Fine-grained data level permissions on a laravel RESTful API
The problem:
We want to restrict access to properties returned from our services.
Details:
We have route level permissions working with no issue.
For a user that can view /product/{id} for ...
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Change API response with minimum code changes
My Application is built on Laravel and currently has the following components :
Models
Dictionary
Word
Controllers
DictionaryController
WordController
It's a JSON API, so views are nothing ...
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Repositories, Gateways, Models and Architecture Questions
I am working with a Laravel project and I am looking for a way to solve the issue of bloated models and cross referencing between them.
I had started extracting higher level methods to a repository ...
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Consuming REST services: client or server
I am working on a new project in which we are currently deciding which technologies and frameworks we will be using. The application will eventually be cross platform. Therefore, for the server side, ...
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static method, helper function or in the controller, where does this go?
I'm working on a piece of functionality that simply allows a guest user to perform an action a certain number of times before requiring them to login\create account. In this instance, they can vote on ...
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Laravel: roles vs middleware
I am making a multi-tenant application and I am using Eloquent Global Scopes to make sure users can only see the posts the have written. This is working fine.
Now I want to create a "super admin", ...
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Multi tenancy or multi instance?
I'm trying to build a web-based SaaS solution, and I hit a road where I'm not sure to use multi tenancy or multi instance. I will try to describe what I'm trying to achieve, and each approach ...
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Integration Tests - How much is too much? [duplicate]
First of I'm not sure if I chose the right name for my question, I'm not sure if
they are functional tests or integration ( or other ). I'm talking about tests which test (or it should) the app from ...
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PHP: where to call helper class in MVC?
I've a helper class in Laravel 5.1 with static methods for calculating week numbers, dates in weeks, etc. (Why static? I need max. 1 instance of this helper class)
I need this logic in my views. I'm ...
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Compute geographic areas Laravel
I am developing a backend for a taxi app in Laravel 5.
Up to now, served areas are defined by the admins but I would like to change the way it works.
I would like each taxi driver to define their ...
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Laravel 5.1 creating model overrides per client
Okay, so I have a Laravel 5.1 project with close to 200 models. This is fine for the core operation of the app, however, in many cases a client may want us to grab something from the database in a ...
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Laravel Algorithm for taxi app
I am trying to write a backend for a taxi service (university assignment) and I am stuck on the algorithm.
whenever a new client posts a request, all the taxi drivers nearby get an email notification ...
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What is the best approach to create a modular application
I just started using the l5modular package from packalyst to make my application a modular one. What I'm looking to achieve is giving to my potential users the ability to upload remove and disable ...
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MVC single view file with multiple uses depending on passed in value
I'm using Laravel with Blade to build a simple maintenance application for my work. One of the functions of the application is to display simple statistics for a piece of machinery. To keep things ...
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Understaing the “fillable” in Laravel migration [closed]
Using models is one the best facts in Laravel, but when using a model, it is not like my "native" environment (J2EE, models declare all DB table colums), it has three variable, and which of them is ...
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Array vs Object for View in Laravel
First, yes This question is very similar to Arrays vs Objects in view template but my question sort of expands on this...
When deciding on whether to use an object or array to pass data to your view. ...
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Designing a ticketing system where the User and Administrator have similar but different functionality
I am designing a simple ticketing system in Laravel 4. The system will simply allow a User to create a ticket, and an Administrator to answer it.
The User will be able to:
View a list of his ...
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How do front-end developers test pages when the files they are handed are PHP views? [closed]
Someone who has a PHP project invited me to do the front-end work on his site. I don't know PHP, I've only ever worked with HTML/CSS/JS files. I cloned the project files from GitHub, and all of the ...
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How to prevent multiple form submissions when user reloads the page
I'm currently working on a project which requires that we integration a 3rd party SOAP API to handle a number of basic CRUD type operations.
Our current implementation allows us to leveraging the ...
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What might be a good way to get hands on experience with Object Oriented PHP [closed]
I am a Computer Science student. I took a course on OOP, and I understand the concepts (classes, extending, encapsulation, etc). I'm also a web developer, have been doing it for about three years; ...
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API Architecture
I have a Laravel web application. Imagine if our company has many customers. Each customer has one or more addresses. Each Address can have multiple fences and each fence has points which define ...
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Laravel using models
I started working with Laravel about a month ago and I started by reading the documentation etc. Now I'm working on a project in Laravel 4.2 and I skipped some parts of the full documentation. In my ...
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Laravel 5 Multi-App
So my work has a dashboard built in codeigniter where every app on the dashboard has its own subfolder in controllers / models / views and nothing is shared. I have been tasked with upgrading this to ...
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Laravel - BLOB File Management System - Possible obstacles?
I'm working on this weird project where I need to upload huge files (500mb+) and store them in a postgresql table as a blob.
Before you start telling me that storing files in the database is bad and ...
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Validate polymorphic votes - Controller or Model?
I have a question because I don't want to do something wrong.
I have a polymorphic relation called votes. Well, I want to save votes but I need to validate if a user already has voted. But even if, ...
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Unit testing Eloquent outside of Laravel
How can I unit test my Eloquent models when I'm using the ORM outside of Laravel? What I'm hoping to do it run tests on each model but somehow mock the database connection/query/builder(?) object.
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Like structure table with Laravel and showing the most popular content at top
I am using Laravel to creating a website, my users can post questions and other users can write their comments under the post, each comment have Up vote and Down vote, and users can voting for ...
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What pattern do I use and how do I implement it for one method that will be handled multiple ways
My scenario: I am creating an application that will allow me to create a mapping of redirect url's that will point from the request url (the url in the old ecommerce solution) to the target url. There ...
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Database integration of Rails and Laravel apps
I have some very small apps on a VPS running ruby on rails and a co-worker also have some of his own apps running on laravel at another VPS.
So far we dont needed to share any data among the apps, but ...
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What should be the structure of a person to person store database?
I am going to create a person to person store with Laravel, a website where its users can share and sell their product or their mobile, TV, Computer, Shoes, Shirts, Books, Cars, Bags, Animal, etc.
I ...
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Laravel relationships and database schema
I am playing around with Laravel and came across something in the documentation for defining 1 to 1 relationships between tables that I would like to get feedback on.
The example in the docs is ...
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Should I use foreign keys in my database if I use laravel?
I'm creating a website with Laravel for the first time. I checked relationships documentation today and it seems that Laravel just uses simple SQL queries.
class User extends Eloquent {
public ...
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Managing customer-specific modules in a composer/PHP-based SaaS
I'm developing a business-to-business SaaS.
I expect that most of my customers will be able to use my mainline product, and I intend to deploy it in an independent instance for each customer. Some ...
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How to avoid switches? [duplicate]
I use Laravel as a PHP framework, although the question is not exactly about laravel, more about structuring controller methods.
I have a route to orders page. Depending on the user role I need to ...
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Properly design program database to reflect organization structure
I'm having trouble setting up my program's database the 'right' way. I was hoping you guys could give me suggestions on doing it properly. I am creating a database+client for a non-profit organization ...
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How does code produced on an open-source framework is affected by it's original license (MIT in this case)
I'm looking into building a new PHP commercial app for a client that will be hosted as a paid service and possibly resold to third parties with a non-compete clause.
I've tested a few frameworks and ...
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Best pratice for return json in a REST application?
I'm starting now with REST (using Laravel 4.2) and Mobile (Android, iOS, SP, etc.) applications.
Initially I'm checking if the request is ajax/json and then return a json response.
But this ...
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When to use packages or Repositories in Laravel?
I'm a Laravel (PHP) developer, and new with DI, Packages (workbench) and Repositories (Pattern).
I want to know about the best concept/methodology for a more flexible design; ie. the project can grow ...
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Is testability and mockability really that important in web development?
I'm reading this series on Laravel, and it's in great depth dealing with making everything testable, using Repository instead of just using the Models, using Dependency Injection and other obscure ...
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Laravel 4: Binding/linking two users together
I'm building a unittest system. At some point I want to bind two users together in order to make an assignment for those two.
So when the admin chooses to link two students together the system should ...
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How can I team up two MVC frameworks without having them fight each other? [closed]
I'm creating a CRUD-based web project, and am thinking about using a server side MVC framework (such as CodeIgniter or Laravel) in tandem with a client side MVC framework (such as AngularJS). Is this ...
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I'm thinking to CSRF protect all public AJAX requests that return JSON, but I have some concerns
I'm thinking to CSRF protect all public AJAX requests that return JSON, because what's to prevent another site from spoofing the AJAX header and using the JSON as if it were a public API? I think CSRF ...
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Need help modelling a User/Project/Task relationship
So I'm creating a very simple project/task management application in Laravel 4 and I'm not sure how these relationships would work. I have a Project, Task and User model. A User can own a Project or ...
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How do you handle multiple developer configuration in a project?
I've been thinking lately about how I handle config changes between multiple developers on a project.
Specifically here about a Laravel project in PHP, but I guess this applies largely to all ...
