Where to put a helper function?

usually people create a helper file app/Helpers/helpers.php, and load it in composer.json file

"autoload": {
  "files": ["app/Helpers/functions.php"]
}

composer du

Thanks for the quick reply!

What would a quick example of what that file might look like based on my code snip? Basically as it is?

// functions.php file
use Auth;
use Carbon\Carbon;

function toLocalTime($timestamp){
      $timezone = \Auth::user()->timezone;
      $date = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $timestamp, 'UTC')->setTimezone($timezone);
      return Carbon::parse($date)->format('F dS Y, g:i:s A');
}

something like this, it doesn't have to be a class, just a simple file with a lot of functions, you could check how people from Laravel did

https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/7.x/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php

Thanks, Thats basically what I am trying.

Only 1 last question is how to call it. From what I read in the docs "helpers" are for blade templates, where this is always going to be called from a Controller / API Resource, never in a blade.

Thanks again, much appreciated!

@movepixels that's why I mentioned composer.json file, you have to load this file, after you do that - all those function will be available globally in your project, in blade/controllers/resources, everywhere

"autoload": {
  "files": ["app/Helpers/functions.php"]
}

after you add this to your composer.json file, you have to run composer dump-autoload, or composer du

I have added that to the composer file / compose du. Just to the part of how do i call that function now.

???->toLocalTime($this->updated_at);

<?php
use Auth;
use Carbon\Carbon;

  function toLocalTime($timestamp){
    $timezone = \Auth::user()->timezone;
    $date = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $timestamp, 'UTC')->setTimezone($timezone);
    return Carbon::parse($date)->format('F dS Y, g:i:s A');
  }

Composer du

Results in -> [ErrorException] The use statement with non-compound name 'Auth' has no effect

Ok this works!

<?php

use Carbon\Carbon;

  function toLocalTime($timestamp){
    $timezone = \Auth::user()->timezone;
    $date = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $timestamp, 'UTC')->setTimezone($timezone);
    return Carbon::parse($date)->format('F dS Y, g:i:s A');
  }

Called anywhere with

$local = toLocalTime($this->updated_at);

Thanks for the assistance!

Greatly appreciated :)