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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. riipandi/laravel-helpers ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) riipandi/laravel-helpers ======================== A collection of awesome helpful functions for Laravel v1.0(6y ago)01241MITPHPPHP ^7.2.5 Since Mar 10Pushed 6y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/riipandi/laravel-helpers)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/riipandi/laravel-helpers)[ Docs](https://github.com/riipandi/laravel-helpers)[ RSS](/packages/riipandi-laravel-helpers/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (5)Versions (2)Used By (0) A collection of awesome helpful functions for Laravel ===================================================== [](#a-collection-of-awesome-helpful-functions-for-laravel) Originally taken from . Thanks Caleb. Installation ------------ [](#installation) ``` composer require riipandi/laravel-helpers ``` Helpers ------- [](#helpers) **carbon** Shortcut for: `new Carbon` or `Carbon::parse()` ``` carbon('One year ago'); ``` **chain** Makes an ordinary object chainable. ``` chain(new SomeClass) ->firstMethod() ->secondMethod() ->thirdMethod(); // You can use the "carry" constant to pass the result of one method into the other: chain(new Str)->singular('cars')->ucfirst(carry)(); // Returns "Car" // Also, you can grab the result of the chain by trailing // a "()" on the end of it. (Thanks to Taylor Otwell for these two additions) ``` **connection** Run callback under a different database connection. ``` $tenantPostIds = connection('tenantdb', function () { return Post::pluck('id'); }); ``` **dump\_sql** Returns sql query with bindings data. ``` dump_sql(\DB::table('users')->where('email', "blaBla")->where('id', 1)); // returns "select * from `users` where `email` = 'blaBla' and `id` = 1" ``` **faker** Shortcut for: `$faker = Faker\Factory::create()` ``` faker()->address; // returns random, fake address faker('address'); // alternate syntax ``` **user** A shortcut for `auth()->user()` ``` user()->posts()->create([...]); ``` **money** ``` echo money(12); // echoes "$12.00" echo money(12.75); // echoes "$12.75" echo money(12.75, false); // echos "$13" echo money(12.75, true, 'en_GB'); // echos "£12.75" // Note: unless specified otherwise, money() will detect the current locale. ``` **stopwatch** Returns the amount of time (in seconds) the provided callback took to execute. Useful for debugging and profiling. ``` stopwatch(function () { sleep(2); }); // returns "2.0" ``` **str\_between** ``` str_between('--thing--', '--'); // returns "thing" str_between('[thing]', '[', ']'); // returns "thing" Str::between('--thing--', '--'); // returns "thing" Str::between('[thing]', '[', ']'); // returns "thing" ``` **str\_extract** Returns capture groups contained in the provided regex pattern. ``` str_extract('Jan-01-2019', '/Jan-(.*)-2019/'); // returns "01" Str::extract('Jan-01-2019', '/Jan-(.*)-2019/'); // returns "01" ``` **str\_match** Checks the provided string against the provided regex pattern. ``` str_match('Jan-01-2019', '/Jan-.*-2019/'); // returns true str_match('foo bar baz', 'bar'); // returns true Str::match('Jan-1-2019', '/Jan-(.*)-2019/'); // returns true ``` **str\_validate** A simple way to use validate a string using Laravel's built-in validation system. ``` str_validate('calebporzio@aol.com', 'regex:/\.net$/|email|max:10'); // returns: ["Format is invalid.", "May not be greater than 10 characters."] Str::validate('calebporzio@aol.com', 'regex:/\.net$/|email|max:10'); // returns: ["Format is invalid.", "May not be greater than 10 characters."] ``` **str\_wrap** ``` str_wrap('thing', '--'); // returns "--thing--" Str::wrap('thing', '--'); // returns "--thing--" ``` **swap** This function swaps the values of two variables. ``` $startDate = '2040-01-01'; $endDate = '2020-01-01'; if ($endDate < $startDate) { swap($startDate, $endDate); } echo $startDate; // prints "2020-01-01" echo $endDate; // prints "2040-01-01" ``` **tinker** Kind of like `dd()`, but will open an `artisan tinker` terminal session with the variables you passed in, so you can play around. ``` $somethingYouWantToDebug = new StdClass; tinker($somethingYouWantToDebug); ``` License ------- [](#license) This package is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](license.txt). ### Health Score 25 — LowBetter than 37% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity11 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity51 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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