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Laravel pulls in carbon, like other dependencies. See https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/8.x/composer.json
Nov 25, 2020
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Why does Laravel have it's own Carbon class?
Hi I was just wondering why Laravel has it's own Carbon class at \Illuminate\Support\Carbon. It looks like just an empty extension of the Carbon class.
<?php
namespace Illuminate\Support;
use Carbon\Carbon as BaseCarbon;
class Carbon extends BaseCarbon
{
//
}
Thanks :)
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That’s… not what was asked?
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Here is the same discussion here:
https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/carboncarbon-vs-illuminatesupportcarbon
And I vote for the answer by tykys there, it is just a wrapper in case there are some breaking changes introduced, as the framework relies on carbon being stable.
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Thanks for sharing that link. Makes sense.
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@martinbean i meant laravel (the framework) pulls in the actual carbon, the vendor code on it would be for things like helpers Taylor has put there. So technically there is no laravel carbon, but laravel using carbon.
That's why the use statement:
use Carbon\Carbon as BaseCarbon;
@mellymatt sorry if I worded it wrong. I know there's even newer helpers from a @jeffreyway video I watched.
For a better idea, you can scroll through this search:
Notice also used in test.
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