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ryangjchandler/laravel-helpers
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A collection of helper functions that I use across my projects.

v0.7.0(1y ago)354651MITPHPPHP ^8.2

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A collection of helper functions that I use across my projects.
===============================================================

[](#a-collection-of-helper-functions-that-i-use-across-my-projects)

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This package includes some of the helper functions that I tend to use in all of my projects.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require ryangjchandler/laravel-helpers
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### `user`

[](#user)

Returns the current user, or null depending on authentication status.

> This function assumes that your `User` model is found inside of `app/Models` and will not be registered if that class doesn't exist.

```
$user = user();
```

### `route_is`

[](#route_is)

Check if the current route name matches the provided string.

```
route_is('dashboard.index');
```

### `authorize`

[](#authorize)

Identical to Laravel's `$this->authorize()` method provided by the `AuthorizesRequests` trait.

```
public function index()
{
    authorize('viewAny', Post::class);
}
```

### `attributes()` and `@attributes`

[](#attributes-and-attributes)

Laravel 9 introduces new directives for checked, disabled and selected. In some cases though, you might want to output a variety of different attributes using PHP values.

`attributes()` and the `@attributes()` directive can help with that:

```
 ! $user->can('click'),
])>

```

### `mdash()`

[](#mdash)

It's quite common to output an `—` in your HTML code when it isn't present. Doing this with regular Blade `{{ }}` tags can be annoying though since `—` needs to be output in "raw" mode.

This function uses `HtmlString` to return a "safe" wrapper around the HTML entity which allows it to be output without being escaped.

```
{{ $post->published_at?->format('d/m/Y') ?? mdash() }}
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Ryan Chandler](https://github.com/ryangjchandler)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance35

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~145 days

Recently: every ~277 days

Total

9

Last Release

600d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^8.0

v0.7.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

laravelryangjchandlerlaravel-helpers

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