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In-app browsers Socialite w/Google Access Blocked

@kn_swe Can you post the full error message?

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1d ago

Recently Started Paying for AI

@randy_johnson There’s no magic fix. If you just let AI go wild and just approve everything it does then yeah, your codebase is going to become unmanageable and full of slop. So you need to be specific in your directions and more meticulous on what AI-authored changes you allow into your codebase.

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2d ago

How to implement Meta Offline Conversions in a Laravel application?

@ismaelaek Don’t know why you want to make your life easier by not using the SDK provided by Meta/Facebook. If that’s the case, then you’ll need to read the API reference and implement the HTTP requests (and everything around it such as authorisation and response handling) yourself from scratch.

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2d ago

Tracking transferred bytes on the client side?

@shivamyadav This sounds like something you’d be able to do with server logs. But, as with most of your questions, my question is: why? Are you really going to be billing users for say, downloading style sheets? 😕

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Recently Started Paying for AI

@randy_johnson There’s no magic fix. If you just let AI go wild and just approve everything it does then yeah, your codebase is going to become unmanageable and full of slop. So you need to be specific in your directions and more meticulous on what AI-authored changes you allow into your codebase.

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2d ago

The Build A Forum Course

@puzbie The two things to look out for will be:

  1. The skeleton directory structure changed slightly from (I think) Laravel 11. The bootstrapping process was made a bit slimmer.
  2. Years later, Laravel still can’t decide how new projects should be created and Jetstream became deprecated in favour of “starter kits”. But looking at Jetstream’s composer.json file, it seems to be compatible with Laravel 13, so you should still be able to install it.
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Eloquent inside a migration ?

Error text?..

Are you sure Eloquent in migrations is good? Migrations are about raw database tables/columns, Eloquent is about models which are "next level" compared to DB calls. Sometimes they align, sometimes not. You cannot guarantee your migrations chain is consistent and always replayed with this approach.

I believe you need something like this: https://github.com/TimoKoerber/laravel-one-time-operations

It's like migrations for data, not structure.

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1w ago

Return back to a page with Infinite Scroll

You prefer using simple navigation links ?

@vincent15000 Yes. And I dare say a lot of your users would say the same.

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Return back to a page with Infinite Scroll

@vincent15000 This is exactly why I don’t like (or implement) “infinite” scroll. It’s a pain in the ass for users.

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1w ago

Multiplayer Game Using Livewire?

@joahi93 You signed up, just to reply to a 2-year-old thread…?

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1w ago

Contract/Interface for Eloquent models

Then when being processed by the job the 'status' field would get updated. Of course this is something the job shouldn't care about, so I thought well this is where a Contract/Interface would come in handy.

Is this a concept? Basically a Contract/Interface for Eloquent models.

@lsvagusa Yes. That’s the very definition of depend on interfaces, not implementations (the “L” in “SOLID”).

You would type-hint the interface in your job’s constructor, and then your job would call methods defined by that interface without knowing the actual class implementing that interface.

interface HasStatus
{
    public function updateStatus(string $newStatus);
}
class UpdateStatusJob implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Queueable;

    public HasStatus $model;

    public function __construct(HasStatus $model)
    {
        $this->model = $model;
    }

    public function handle(): void
    {
        $this->model->updateStatus('complete');
    }
}

Your job now doesn’t care if it’s working with an Eloquent model, or if it’s working with an Eloquent model at all. Just so long as the class it receives implements the HasStatus interface.

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1w ago

DB schema for marriage?

@jlrdw This question was over a decade old. That marriage has kids in middle school now! 😄

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2w ago

How big of projects do I need to get a job?

@june92 Seriously, how many questions are you going to ask on this topic…?

You keep asking questions that if you do X, you will magically be a senior developer, or if you do Y, you will magically get a job. That’s not how the industry works.

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2w ago

GHSA-5vg9-5847-vvmq CRLF injection vulnerability in Laravel's email validation

Shouldn't this at least deserve a 11.x patch?

@gravity_global No, because Laravel 11 stopped receiving security updates March 12th, 2026: https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/releases#support-policy

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3w ago

Is it worth defining helper methods on models that traverse relationship chains?

@mikelmedina No. You shouldn’t be using helpers to “fix” bad code. You should just be eager-loading the relationships you actually need for a request.

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3w ago

Can I code a web application from these cloud frameworks? Google AWS Microsoft

@june23 What do those “frameworks” have to do with an application? They’re just cloud providers. They have services that you would deploy and run code on. Yes, you can use. You can also create and host a web application without them.

Your question is basically: “Can I make a journey with these vehicles? Car, van, truck.”

You need to get out of this rut of, “if I use X then I will be a proper developer”. You should be using things when it makes sense to use them; not as a box-checking exercise.

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3w ago

Laracasts website figma design?

@shivamyadav Which video? And why can’t you take inspiration from what you’ve seen? Why do you need the raw Figma file?

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3w ago

Laravel new with older version ?

@gpapamichelakis Why? You should always be using the most recent version of software.

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3w ago

If I create a CRM and I needed web developers to work on the CRM, would web devs not work on it if it was not successful?

@digitalartisan So what about “engineers“ that have worked on projects where a load of money has been sunk into it, and the project’s then failed or just been canned? Such as Metaverse, Apple Car, Windows Phone, etc?

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3w ago

Any way to pass the browser's session storage data to the middleware?

@shivamyadav No. That data lives in the browser. It’s client-side.

If any website could just automatically gobble browser session storage then that would be a massive security risk and attack vector.

You need to come up with a different method to achieve what you’re trying to achieve.

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If I create a CRM and I needed web developers to work on the CRM, would web devs not work on it if it was not successful?

@june92 A developer will work on anything if you pay them enough to make it worth their while.

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1mo ago

Food for thought

@randy_johnson You could also just dispense with it all and put everything in a single index.php script.

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Is Laracasts ever going to do PPP adjustment on membership prices? It's incredibly tough to afford in some countries.

@motinska94 Laracasts runs deals around Black Friday (November) each year. If you really want Laracasts access then I’d suggest saving and then purchasing when a subscription is heavily discounted.

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1mo ago

I accidentally deleted a Controller. How to recover?

@adamnet Are you actually going to reply? And say why you weren’t using source control when you’ve been told by multiple people to do so for months now…? Or will you just come back in a couple of months’ time with a yet another new post on how you’ve lost work and want to know how to get it back?

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Filament Widget that gets data from WooCommerce via API

@earmsby 403 is a Forbidden response. So if the code works for one store but not another, it sounds like whatever credentials you’re trying to use does not have the permissions to actually view resources for that store. So the issue is going to be there; not with your code.

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I accidentally deleted a Controller. How to recover?

Oh, you're right: thread.

@adamnet You keep making the same mistake and asking the same question. Either accept that you'll occasionally lose work, or start using version control. If you want to be a serious developer, learn version control.

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I accidentally deleted a Controller. How to recover?

Oh, you're right: thread.

@jussimannisto I seldom forget things I’ve read or seen. It’s a blessing and a curse 😅

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Is it good having approximately 900 lines of a function?

Jesus christ!

If that's your senior engineer writing that code today, they need to be sacked, ASAP!

That's not code written by a senior! They might have been there a long time, but they are not a senior engineer.

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I accidentally deleted a Controller. How to recover?

@adamnet This is what version control is for. And I’m sure you had been advised to use version control some time ago…?

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1mo ago

is there already an good implentation of passkey's in laravel?

@jaeggid That Laracasts series is a bit redundant now that Passkeys are natively supported by Laravel via a first-party package.

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1mo ago

Database Replication

@eskiesirius This is literally the definition of premature optimisation…

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1mo ago

Event-Driven Architecture, do I need it?

Should I bite the nail and continue down this road since it will eventually lead to a better product

@randy_johnson “Better” according to who…?

Event-driven architecture is like any other paradigm: it can be implemented well and it can be implemented poorly. Just implementing an event-driven architecture won’t automatically and inherently make the end result “better”.

If this is an inventory system then all you need to do is record adjustments in a table. Insert a row each time you take stock, and each time stock leaves (i.e. is sold).

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Laravel Website Suddenly Slow After Server Migration – Possible PPA Launchpad Issue with PHP 7.4

Given this behavior, I’m wondering if this could be related to the PPA Launchpad issue. Am I thinking in the right direction?

@khanareeb You need to profile requests instead of just guessing.

Profile a request and see where the most time is being spent. My guess is, if you have moved hosting, that you’re probably pointing to a remote database that’s connecting over the network instead of via a socket on the same machine, thus introducing latency. But again, just a guess. You need to profile to confirm the actual cause.

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1mo ago

what folder structure patterns have you found most effective ?

@imrandevbd You seem to have again replied to a thread just rewording exactly what I’ve written?

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what folder structure patterns have you found most effective ?

@shivamyadav I’ve worked on probably hundreds of Laravel projects over more than 10 years now, and at companies of all sizes (from SMEs to Fortune 500s). The projects that fell apart and became unmaintainable messes were the ones where developers decided to be “clever” and create their own folder structure, or do “modules”, “domains”, or whatever.

Seriously, stick to Laravel’s default directory structure:

  • Put interfaces in an app/Contracts directory, which follows the framework’s convention.
  • Use managers for things that can have multiple providers (i.e. payment gateways). Think how Laravel uses managers for components you interact with (cache, queue, etc) where the code doesn’t change if you swap providers (i.e. from Redis to database). Try to strive for the same in your application where you’re relying on interfaces and managers rather than a specific provider.
  • If you have different “areas” in your application, then you can sub-namespace controllers (i.e. App\Http\Controllers\Admin).
  • For interactions with third-party services, I create a dedicated namespace in an app/Services directory (i.e. App\Services\Mux). I then treat this folder as a package, so it may have its own Artisan commands, Eloquent models, controllers, routes, etc with a service provider to register those resources.

It Just Works™ and scales, and your Artisan make:* commands still work without having to install horrible “glue” packages. And with the rise in AI-assisted development, sticking to the default directory structure will only help that given that’s what LLMs will be trained on.

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what folder structure patterns have you found most effective ?

@shivamyadav I’ve worked on probably hundreds of Laravel projects over more than 10 years now, and at companies of all sizes (from SMEs to Fortune 500s). The projects that fell apart and became unmaintainable messes were the ones where developers decided to be “clever” and create their own folder structure, or do “modules”, “domains”, or whatever.

Seriously, stick to Laravel’s default directory structure:

  • Put interfaces in an app/Contracts directory, which follows the framework’s convention.
  • Use managers for things that can have multiple providers (i.e. payment gateways). Think how Laravel uses managers for components you interact with (cache, queue, etc) where the code doesn’t change if you swap providers (i.e. from Redis to database). Try to strive for the same in your application where you’re relying on interfaces and managers rather than a specific provider.
  • If you have different “areas” in your application, then you can sub-namespace controllers (i.e. App\Http\Controllers\Admin).
  • For interactions with third-party services, I create a dedicated namespace in an app/Services directory (i.e. App\Services\Mux). I then treat this folder as a package, so it may have its own Artisan commands, Eloquent models, controllers, routes, etc with a service provider to register those resources.

It Just Works™ and scales, and your Artisan make:* commands still work without having to install horrible “glue” packages. And with the rise in AI-assisted development, sticking to the default directory structure will only help that given that’s what LLMs will be trained on.

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1mo ago

Football streaming

@gedirixin Thanks for signing up just to review and reply to a three year old thread…

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1mo ago

How to obsfucate a Laravel application's code ?

@vincent15000 If you don’t want people to have your code, don’t give them it.

Any obfuscation can be easily defeated as PHP is an interpreted language. Any encrypted code needs to be decrypted before it can be ran, and obfuscated code is not going to hide anything of interest (such as API keys, database credentials, etc) if someone really wants to see them.

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1mo ago

Plan subscription and Stripe

Are these plans differents products or the same product with different prices ?

@vincent15000 Only you can answer that.

  • Can I use swap and change plans? Then they should belong to the same product.
  • Do the different plans give access to different entitlements? That they should be separate products.
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1mo ago

Use a policy with only the model id and avoiding N+1

Hmmm ... I wonder how I could use a policy with only a model id.

@vincent15000 That would be absolutely useless. If you call the gate using something like $this->can('update', 1); then how is Laravel supposed to know which model that 1 relates to? 🤷‍♂️

Stop over-thinking things and just use Laravel’s features as they’re documented.

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1mo ago

Increment/Decrement on High Traffic

@eskiesirius You shouldn’t be using a single column to hold the balance. You should instead of some form of ledger table, where you write individual increments and decrements as their own rows, and then derive the balance from the sum of those increments and decrements. It’s not “expensive” if you have a proper index in place.

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1mo ago

Prefix for session cookie

The application is served via HTTPS in production.

@vincent15000 So stop messing with the cookie prefix, and just set the appropriate configuration option: https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/a9fec26463bd62c220702c5d1e9f087c3ca67078/config/session.php#L161-L172

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No bootstrap.js file anymore in fresh laravel installations ?

@vincent15000 It became redundant when Laravel removed Axios from the the default installation, given all bootstrap.js did was import Axios: https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/12.x/resources/js/bootstrap.js

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Prefix for session cookie

The application is served via HTTPS in production.

@vincent15000 So stop messing with the cookie prefix, and just set the appropriate configuration option: https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/a9fec26463bd62c220702c5d1e9f087c3ca67078/config/session.php#L161-L172

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Prefix for session cookie

@vincent15000 But Laravel cookies are already secure by being HTTP only, optionally HTTPS-only, restricted to path, restricted to domain, and with cross-site restrictions. So what, exactly, “enhanced security” were you trying to add here?

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At what point do you stop patching CSS and just rebuild properly?

@muhammadali2003 This is why you don’t cut corners: “quick fixes” end up sticking around for much, much longer than intended, and the work to undo them becomes bigger than just doing things properly from the start.

I’ve not worked with WordPress for a few years now, but I’d start by extracting styles for components one-by-one into your theme.css file if you’re building an “old-style” theme. I can’t remember how styles work in block-based themes but again, just extract styles for one component at a time.

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Best approach for handling large file uploads and ZIP generation in Laravel?

@lailaih You need to look into multi-part/chunked uploading for large uploads. This is where the file is sent in multiple chunks (and requests), and then re-assembled server-side. It then means any failing chunks can be re-tried if they fail, and the entire upload paused and resumed.

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How to access a private folder (Storage app/private/documents) from another Laravel project

@adamnet It’s all going to depend on how the projects are hosted, and where the stored files actually live (i.e. on disk, or in some third party store like S3).

If the files are stored on disk, and both projects are hosted on the same server, then you could create a symbolic link so both applications can access the files. If the applications are stored on separate servers with separate file systems, then this obviously becomes much, much more difficult.