PHP Basics

@tykus for example check this code

 ->whereBetween('arrivaldate', [$from, $to])->get();

why did we put $from inside brackets why not parenthesis? who decided that it must be inside brackets?

@tzak9022 @tzak9022 that is because the whereBetween method takes an array as it’s second argument. Check the Laravel API for details, or use an IDE with intellisense

@tykus there is a specific word that tells you the rules you need to respect when you writr a php code like how many spaces you have to make between each statement, space between the lines etc... what do we call this, I really i just forgot it, it's like Standards ..

@tzak9022 because the second parameter expects an array and [] is an array in PHP. So the function whereBetween has a signature of approx.

function whereBetween(string $column, array $between) 

Where the array contains the min and max values, or the values we want to see if we're are between. That's a design decision the Laravel team made a long way back. It could've been designed to accept more parameters, but it wasn't.

And those design decisions have nothing to do with PHP itself really. Well, the syntax does I guess. But what functions are named in Laravel and what those accept and don't accept have no bearing on PHP.

To learn the syntax of PHP I'd recommend browsing the language reference, and to learn what methods and such Laravel has, look at their documentation.

@tzak9022 the PSR standards include code styling rules, you can get a good IDE to automatically apply these rules

@tzak9022 Do you mean syntax? That’s what you’re essentially talking about. Brackets and parentheses are part of the syntax of PHP.

I forgot to mention Laracasts 🤦

@JeffreyWay OMG I got a reply from Jeffrey Way, Thanks alot Sir.

Sure will do.