Written by Pascal Baljet Media - Blog
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on May. 7, 2020
Yesterday I posted a tweet about a Google Analytics implementation I was working on. It was based on a Event/Listener solution using Laravel. The tweet quickly gained traction and one day later it was liked more than 170 times and I was encouraged to build a package out of it! Here we are, introduc…
Written by Pascal Baljet Media - Blog
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on Jan. 22, 2020
We are just a few weeks away from the Laravel 7 release, so I've put together a list of some important new features and changes. Of course this is not everything but it is a brief overview of some of the new stuff. Add "subquery value" where statement support to the query builder Add Collection::so…
Written by Pascal Baljet Media - Blog
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on Dec. 31, 2019
The Laravel framework has a built-in Email Verification feature that allows a user to verify its email address. It also comes with a Middleware that protects routes against unverified users. Resetting Passwords require a database table to store the reset tokens, but for Email Verification an approa…
Written by Pascal Baljet Media - Blog
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on Dec. 3, 2019
Yesterday we've released a new package to use the Paddle.com API and webhooks in a Laravel app. Paddle is not just a payment provider like Stripe, they actually take care of handling taxes around the world which is a big deal when running a SaaS. Besides the regular VAT you have to handle in the EU…
Written by Pascal Baljet Media - Blog
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on May. 14, 2019
As you might know, the Laravel framework comes with a handy tap method which allows you to call the given closure with the given value and then return the value. Sounds confusing? It probably is until you've seen it! Let's take a look at this example: // without tap: function getServer($id) { $serv…
Written by Pascal Baljet Media - Blog
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on Jul. 30, 2018
Today we are releasing a new Laravel package! It's a toolbox for monitoring first and third-party services and APIs, it keeps you notified about services going down (and up!). Out of the box it supports checking HTTP endpoints and verifying SSL certificates and the package allows you to generate yo…