RossUK

Or give me an overview of the process to achieve this, thanks

Can any one give me quick and simple example of how to include a file attachment on a contact form please?

Here is my existing controller method

lass ContactController extends Controller
{
    public function store(Request $request) 
    {

        $this->validate($request, [
            'name' => 'required',
            'email' => 'required',
            'subject' => 'required',
            'phone' => 'required',
            'message' => 'required',
            // 'g-recaptcha-response' => 'required|recaptcha',
        ]);

    Mail::to(env('WEBEMAILRECIPIENT',''))->send(new ContactForm($request));
    Mail::to($request->email)->send(new ContactFormConfirmation($request));

    return redirect()->back()->with('message', 'form submitted');

    }
}

I get that thanks but in this case the class I'm using didn't have a namespace to start with?

Hi,

I got it working, thanks for your help

I think it was conflicting with the built-in laravel Slack notification class names. What I did was left it autoloading in composer.json as normal and added a namespace to the top of the third party library's source file in the vendor directory. I then added using statement using the newly created namespace.

use \SimonBackX\Slack;
use \SimonBackX\SlackMessage;
//require (base_path('vendor/simonbackx/slack-php-webhook/slack.php'));

I'm pretty sure this is bad practice so I would be interested to know the correct way of dealing with this particular scenario :) If anyone can shed any light?

Unfortunately the built in slack functionality won't allow me to add buttons

Thanks I thought maybe something like that however if I do the above I get

Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException: Cannot declare class Slack, because the name is already in use in file /Users/Ross/LabProjects/PBXBridge/vendor/simonbackx/slack-php-webhook/slack.php on line 30

But if I comment out the line it cannot find it

Could it be conflicting with some of the built in slack notification code?

I have even tried renaming the class inside

vendor/simonbackx/slack-php-webhook/slack.php

to MySlack but I then I get

Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException: Cannot declare class MySlack, because the name is already in use in file /Users/Ross/LabProjects/PBXBridge/vendor/simonbackx/slack-php-webhook/slack.php on line 30

Hi , Yes I went through this but getting the following error so guess I need to include it somewhere in my controller ?

Class App\Http\Controllers\Slack; not found in file 

I am trying to use a third party composer library.

https://packagist.org/packages/simonbackx/slack-php-webhook

I have done the usual composer require. In the docs it doesn't show how to include the library in my Laravel project (Which use statements to use or app.php etc) . I know there is probably a way to work this out but I'm pretty new to Laravel and not sure what to do. Can anyone help please?

great all good now thanks very much :)

Thanks again for this I managed to muddle through and get this working using Vue and Pusher. It was also my first experience of using Vue and adding realtime feedback so really pleased with the results.

I have been following the series

https://laracasts.com/series/get-real-with-laravel-echo

in the example Jeffery passes an array to the view component I have tried reading the docs but can't quite figure out how to update single values for example a label or text box.

here is my vue component

<template>
<div>
        <div class="callout callout">
                <p>{{ msg }}</p>
        </div>
</div>
</template>

<script>
     export default {},
     created() {
     window.Echo.channel('progressBar').listen('UpdateProgressData', {{ message }} => {
     msg = message;
     })
     }
</script>

And here is my event. I have see the event values in the chrome js console

public $progress;
    public $message;

    /**
     * Create a new event instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct($progress, $message)
    {
         $this->progress = $progress;
         $this->message = $message;
    }

    
    /**
     * Get the channels the event should broadcast on.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Broadcasting\Channel|array
     */
    public function broadcastOn()
    {
        return new Channel('progressBar');
    }

Got it sorted using local storage thanks is it normal to have to prefix the path (in this case storage/app/) ?

here is what I ended up with

Controller Method:

public function store(Request $request)
    {

        if($request->hasFile('file')) 
        {
        $path = $request->file('file')->store('temp-files');
        ProcessUploadedCDRFile::dispatch($path);
        return back();
        } 
    }

and the job method

public function handle()
    {

       $results = Excel::load('storage/app/' . $this->path); 
       Storage::delete('storage/app/' . $this->path);

       // do something useful with results
    }

Thanks again

Think I'm going to go with local storage as it's going to be deleted after use :)

Ill post back my solution once I have read how to store and delete off the local file system to a temp folder

I think its because the PHPExcel_Reader is expecting a filename but I'm not sure how to sort it.

below extracted from error message

  public function canRead($pFilename)
    {
        // Check if file exists
        if (!file_exists($pFilename)) {
            throw new PHPExcel_Reader_Exception("Could not open " . $pFilename . " for reading! File does not exist.");
        }

Thanks almost there something isn't quite right when I try this I get the following

Could not open /Users/Ross/Projects/TestCDRProcess/Id , Customer, Telephone Number,

Those are the file headers ?

That's what I was thinking. I just need to work out the best way of managing the files so they are deleted after they are processed :)

Thanks for your help

Actually I tried this and didn't have any luck I received the error

Serialization of 'Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile' is not allowed

I also tried to comment out the Serialization parts and received the same error

amespace App\Jobs;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
//use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;

class ProcessUploadedCDRFile implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable;//, SerializesModels;

    protected $file;

    /**
     * Create a new job instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct($file)
    {
        $this->file = $file;
    }

that makes sense thanks

I have a job to process large uploaded csv files. I process these as a queued job. Because the queued jobs can not accept a file as a passed in parameter I had the idea of uploading the file to S3 first then use the file from s3 in my csv processing job.

I have tried this using Maatwebsite/Laravel-Excel but it wont accept the streamed file from S3.

$contents = Storage::disk('s3')->get($filename);
        $results = Excel::load($contents);

So I can process the csv in the background can anyone recommend a better way of doing this or maybe a better csv, excel import library.

Found my error here a type in my bootstrap.js method

    .listen('UpdateProgressData', e => {

changed to

  .listen('UpdateProgressData', (e) => {

Hi I have been trying to use Laravel Echo with pusher after going through the tutorial on Laracasts. I am trying to listen on a public channel just as a test but cannot get a message to log to the console. The project I am trying to add this to is Laravel 5.5.

So far I have the following:

my .env file setup

an event called UpdateProgressData

<?php

namespace App\Events;

use Illuminate\Broadcasting\Channel;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Broadcasting\PrivateChannel;
use Illuminate\Broadcasting\PresenceChannel;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Events\Dispatchable;
use Illuminate\Broadcasting\InteractsWithSockets;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcast;

class UpdateProgressData implements ShouldBroadcast
{
    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithSockets, SerializesModels;

    public $foo;

    /**
     * Create a new event instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
         $this->foo = 'bar';
    }

    /**
     * Get the channels the event should broadcast on.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Broadcasting\Channel|array
     */
    public function broadcastOn()
    {
        return new Channel('progessBar');
    }
}

and the following at the bottom of /resources/assets/js/bootstrap.js

import Echo from 'laravel-echo'

window.Pusher = require('pusher-js');

window.Echo = new Echo({
    broadcaster: 'pusher',
    key: '8e30361e3c24c96c3397',
    cluster: 'eu',
    encrypted: true
});

window.Echo.channel('progressBar')
    .listen('UpdateProgressData', e => {
        console.log('UpdateProgressData has been updated!');
        console.log(e);
    });

I can see the connections in the pusher debug console and also the event data but nothing is being logged to the console.

I have probably missed something obvious if any can help me debug it will be much appreciated :)

Hey, this is really useful info thanks for taking the time to give me a head start very much appreciated! Going to go through the series first and then take it from there. :)

Hi,

I have a large background task / queue task that I want to be able to give realtime progress on. I want to end up with something like this

https://blog.pusher.com/improve-user-experience-app-real-time-progress-bar-tutorial/

Does anyone have a good tutorial for something like this or can advise me on the front end part of it. Just a high level overview would be great :)

Great, works perfectly thanks

If I am writing a test that contains both a user model and a post model each has an associated Model Factory. I know I can do the following to create a collection of related records but how do I create just one of each for use during a feature test.

$users = factory(App\User::class, 3)
           ->create()
           ->each(function ($u) {
                $u->posts()->save(factory(App\Post::class)->make());
            });

for example

$customer = factory('App\User')->create()

// then add a single post to this user

Many Thanks

Yes thank you very much. This is what I have now and works perfectly

//CustomerController.php

    public function create()
    {
        // pass blank customer (for select menu)
        $customer = new Customer;
        return view('customer.create',['customer' => $customer]);
    }

public function edit(Customer $customer)
    {
        $customer = Customer::find($customer->id);
        return view('customer.edit', ['customer' => $customer]);
    }

And in my customer/partials/formfields.blade.php

<select class="form-control" name="title">
      <option value="" @if(old('title', $customer->title) == "") selected @endif>Select</option>
      <option value="Mr." @if(old('title', $customer->title) == "Mr.") selected @endif>Mr.</option>
      <option value="Mrs." @if(old('title', $customer->title) == "Mrs.") selected @endif>Mrs.</option>
      <option value="Miss" @if(old('title', $customer->title) == "Miss") selected @endif>Miss</option>
      <option value="Ms." @if(old('title', $customer->title) == "Ms.") selected @endif}>Ms.</option>
      <option value="Dr." @if(old('title', $customer->title) == "Dr.") selected @endif>Dr.</option>
      <option value="Prof." @if(old('title', $customer->title) == "Prof.") selected @endif>Prof.</option>
    </select>

Thanks again :)

ok, now I have this. This gets the correct initial value on the edit form and retains the value on validation error. It does however still throw an Undefined variable: customer error when trying to create a customer :/ :)

<select class="form-control" name="title">
      <option value="" {{ (optional($customer->title) === "" or old('title') === "") ? "selected" : "" }}>Select</option>
      <option value="Mr." {{ (optional($customer->title) === "Mr." or old('title') === "Mr.") ? "selected" : "" }}>Mr.</option>
      <option value="Mrs." {{ (optional($customer->title) === "Mrs." or old('title') === "Mrs.") ? "selected" : "" }}>Mrs.</option>
      <option value="Miss" {{ (optional($customer->title) === "Miss" or old('title') === "Miss") ? "selected" : "" }}>Miss</option>
      <option value="Ms." {{ (optional($customer->title) === "Ms." or old('title') === "Ms.") ? "selected" : "" }}>Ms.</option>
      <option value="Dr." {{ (optional($customer->title) === "Dr." or old('title') === "Dr.") ? "selected" : "" }}>Dr.</option>
      <option value="Prof." {{ (optional($customer->title) === "Prof." or old('title') === "Prof.") ? "selected" : "" }}>Prof.</option>
    </select>

Thanks

No, afraid not. It retains the old value on validation errors etc but doesn't set the value on the page load. I'm curious if there are better ways to do the same thing as it seems a bit messy (my original method I mean)

this is what I have at the moment

 <select class="form-control" name="title">
                      <option value="" {{ old('title') === "" ? "selected" : "" }}>Select</option>
                      <option value="Mr." {{ old('title') === "Mr." ? "selected" : "" }}>Mr.</option>
                      <option value="Mrs." {{ old('title') === "Mrs." ? "selected" : "" }}>Mrs.</option>
                      <option value="Miss" {{ old('title') === "Miss." ? "selected" : "" }}>Miss</option>
                      <option value="Ms." {{ old('title') === "Ms." ? "selected" : "" }}>Ms.</option>
                      <option value="Dr." {{ old('title') === "Dr." ? "selected" : "" }}>Dr.</option>
                      <option value="Prof." {{ (old('title') or $customer->title) === "Prof." ? "selected" : "" }}>Prof.</option>
                  </select>

Thanks I tried that but not sure how to apply to a select menu please can you help?

I am trying to reduce code duplication by having a partial for my create and edit customer form fields.

    <form action="/customer/{{$customer->id}}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

                     {{ csrf_field() }}

             {!! method_field('patch') !!}


             @include('customer.partials.formfields')

            </form>
          </div>

I have a select menu for title eg. Mr. , Mrs. Miss etc Im not sure how to make the value selected for both old('title) and also $customer->title

I have done the below on the create form

<option value="Mr." {{ old('title') === "Mr." ? "selected" : "" }}>Mr.</option>

But not sure how to do this for edit and create?

Thanks

Hi, thanks for this I have been looking at it too long. I'm still/always learning. Is there any way to spit out the error during the test? I get the assertion errors but not why the error 500 is thrown. I'm just curious the correct way of debugging

Thanks

Hi I am getting an error 500 on a test I am running and am struggling to find what I have dome wrong below are my tests and controller methods :)

 /** @test */
    public function authenticated_users_can_update_existing_customer()
    {
        $this->withExceptionHandling();

        $customer = factory('App\Customer')->create();

        $data = [
        'company' => 'Acme Ltd',
        'first_name' => 'Ross',
        ];

        $this->actingAs($this->user)
        ->patchJson(route('customer.update', $customer->id),$data)
            ->assertStatus(202);

        $customer = $customer->fresh();

         $this->assertEquals('Acme Ltd', $customer->company);
    }

And my Controller Method and route

public function update(Customer $customer,Request $request)
    {
         //$this->validator(request()->all())->validate();

        $customer->update($data);

        return request()->wantsJson()
            ? response()->json($customer, 202)
            : null;
    }

// Resource Routes
    Route::resource('customer', 'CustomerController')->middleware('auth');

Thanks for any help in advance :)

I sorted this using the following, not sure if this the best way

$this->faker('en_GB')->phoneNumber;

hey thanks looks interesting

Please can someone help me to use an en_GB instance of faker within tests. I have tried reading the docs but can only find example of using Faker in Factories and not using WithFaker. Here is an example of where I would like to implement it :)

<?php

namespace Tests\Unit;

use App\User;
use Tests\TestCase;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithFaker;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;

class LoginTest extends TestCase
{

    use WithFaker;

    /**
     * A basic test example.
     *
     * @return void
     */

    /** @test */
    public function test_example()
    {

        $user = User::create([
            'mob_no' => $faker-> mobileNumber(),
        ]);

    }

}

Hi,

Id like learn how to do some realtime stuff with Laravel. I think I probably need api routes and a JS framework but not sure where to start. In an Laravel App I have I need to add some billing tags to a report similar to blog tags in the style of this https://jsfiddle.net/dede89/f0b6gegt/ but with autocomplete for existing tags.

Can anyone point me at a good tutorial as a starting point.?

Hi,

Thanks think I was approaching this the wrong way I looped through the array instead to change the value

foreach($totals as $total)
       {
        $labels[] = $total['status'];
        $values[] = $total['count'];
        $colours = $this->chartColour($total['status']);
       }

if I have an array like this [‘failed’ => 1, ‘completed’ =>5] that is pulled from a DB query but there are other options that may show up in the query that I need to include even if no results exist for example [‘failed’ => 1,‘completed’ => 5,‘busy’ => 0] how can I achieve this in php> i wondered if there is a way to merge an empty array with one that has values or similar

Thanks very much

if I have a table containing a job and a job can have a status of one of three values. What is the Laravel/Eloquent way of getting a count of each status?

Ok Thanks again

Thanks very much for your help I'll have a read through the docs. So without using eager loading would the job be lazy loaded by default? and do you know why I could access all the other job fields except for the name field without eager loading ?

Thanks again

Hi, thanks

the second example works but the first one doesn't. Please can you explain your solution I don't understand why i would need "with" only on that particular column? :)

Hi, I have model called CallLog and a class called Job and the following and CallLog belongs to Job.

class CallLog extends Model
{
     protected $table = 'call_log';

    public function job()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Job::class, 'job_id');
    }

Job includes the fields type,status,name

I am strugling to get the job name value

as a test if I run tinker and enter the following

$calllog = App\CallLog::find(5);
$job = $calllog->job;
$status = $job->status;
// I get the value I expect
=> "Completed"

however if I do the same with name eg. I get null

$calllog = App\CallLog::find(5);
$job = $calllog->job;
$name = $job->name;
// I get null
=> "null"

When I find the job I can see the name value set?

>>> $job = $calllog->job;
=> App\Job {#2937
     id: 4,
     created_at: "2018-09-12 21:12:25",
     updated_at: "2018-09-12 21:48:15",
     name: "test9",
     status: "Sent",
   }

great , many thanks :)

I am trying to inspect the structure of an incoming webhook by capturing the incoming post request to a text file.

here is my api route

Route::post('/callstatus/webhook', '[email protected]');

and here is my controller method

    public function updateStatus(Request $request)
    {

        file_put_contents('temp-log.txt', $request->getContent()->all());
    }

if I make a post request using postman i can access individual post variables by name eg. $request->myField but not the whole request. Am I missing something? :)

Really great info thanks very much :)

Hi,

Thanks. I have been going through the forum tutorial and trying to apply the testing logic to my own example. Thanks for helping me clear up the differences between a feature and a unit.

Is testing at route level a typical work flow or would it be better to test at browser level therefore testing the routing at the same time. I suppose that's what Jeffery does in the forum tutorial :)