Collections have a lists method similar to the method for tables described by @Gadoma. It returns an array containing the value of a given attribute for each item in the collection. To retrieve the desired array of names from my collection of tags I can simply use: $tags->lists(‘name’); Update: As of laravel 5.2 lists is … Read more
There are a variety of ways to do this. #1 In the query itself, you can filter models that do not have any related items: Model::has(‘posts’)->get() #2 Once you have a model, if you already have loaded the collection (which below #4 checks), you can call the count() method of the collection: $model->posts->count(); #3 If … Read more
There is a insertGetId method. $id = DB::table(‘users’)->insertGetId( array(‘id’ => 1, ‘name’ => ‘Dayle Rees’) );
You may use IoC. Try this: App::make($controller)->{$action}(); Eg: App::make(‘HomeController’)->getIndex(); and you may also give params: App::make(‘HomeController’)->getIndex($params);
This is a bug and it’s introduced in the new version of PhpStorm. It’s not possible to disable the warning since it’s an annotator inspection. I also don’t recommend changing your code for the sole purpose of fixing this warning since it’s an IDE bug and will be addressed in their next patch. If it’s … Read more
Laravel 4.1 brings native wherePivot and orWherePivot methods, which is directly a solution to my problem.
JWT is a simple authentication protocol, Oauth is an authentication framework. An experienced developer will take about a month to fully understand and implement Oauth. An experienced developer can pick up the JWT protocol in about a day of reading the specifications. So basically, it boils down to your specific use-case. If you want simple … Read more
You may try this (Check Querying Relations on Laravel website): $movies = Movie::whereHas(‘director’, function($q) { $q->where(‘name’, ‘great’); })->get(); Also if you reverse the query like: $directorsWithMovies = Director::with(‘movies’)->where(‘name’, ‘great’)->get(); // Access the movies collection $movies = $directorsWithMovies->movies; For this you need to declare a hasmany relationship in your Director model: public function movies() { return … Read more
Using the root namespace \Exception did the trick. Instead of: catch(Exception $e){ // Never reached } I used: catch(\Exception $e){ // Get error here }
One of the keys to building a well architected Laravel application is learning to use serviceproviders as an organizational tool. When you are registering many classes with the IoC container, all of those bindings can start to clutter your app/start files. Instead of doing container registrations in those files, create serviceproviders that register related services. … Read more