Laravel Redirect Index to Public

by Garth | Jan 12, 2023 | Laravel

Edit your htaccess file.
This alone will redirect your root o the public folder.
If you have a lot inside of your htaccess file. Be careful while adding stuff. Ensure you keep a backup before editing and test the addition of the code inside the htaccess file.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Laravel Class Construct

by Garth | Sep 30, 2022 | Laravel

class MyCustomClassName
{

    public function __construct()
    {
    }

    public function whatever_whatever(){
      // Code goes here. And can use anything from the construct. The construct will always load first
    }

}

Why we have classes and controllers in MVC?

by Garth | Sep 29, 2022 | Laravel

A Controller or Class in MVC are both just classes.
So... Technically speaking.
It is possible to write all your functionality inside your controllers and completely ditch the classes folder.
But! The purpose of breaking out into separate classes is re-usability.

Controllers :

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

class MyCustomController extends Controller
{

}

Classes :

<?php

namespace App\Classes\MyCustomClass;

class ClassNameWhateverWhatever
{

}

Why Classes, what is the point?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Classes serve as containers for specific purposes.
For example.

You create a class for :
Car
--
And inside your class you write all your functionality.
A car can have specific functionality.
--
moveForward()
reverse()
brake()
switchOnLights()
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Then, you reference your car class inside your contollers.
--
So something like
car->moveForward();

This design strategy makes your code extremely easy to re-use without having to re-write additional functionality. This is why we seperate everything into a class and then we create another class called a controller class and reference our classes inside the controller classes.

Laravel Save Function, update and add with exceptions

by Garth | Sep 29, 2022 | Laravel

Save Function (Update and Add in 1 function based on ID)

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class RandomController extends WhateverWhateverController {

    public function saveTermsAndConditions(Request $request){
        if (isset($request->id)) {
            // Update
            try {
                DB::table('table_name')->where('id',$request->id)->update(
                    array(
                        'field'=>$request->field,
                        'content'=>$request->content,
                        'updated_at' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime('now')),
                    )
                );
                $termsAndConditions = DB::table('table_name')->where('id', $request->id)->first();
            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                return response()->json($e);
            }
        } else {
            // Add
            try {
                $id = DB::table('table_name')->insertGetId(
                    array(
                        'field' => $request->field, 
                        'content' => $request->content, 
                        'created_at' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime('now')),
                        'updated_at' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime('now'))
                    )
                );
                $termsAndConditions = DB::table('table_name')->where('id', $id)->first();
            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                return response()->json($e);
            }
        }

        return $termsAndConditions;
    }
}

Laravel Raw Query The DB with Prepared Statement

by Garth | Sep 29, 2022 | Laravel

Required Laravel includes

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

Select Query

class MySpecialController extends Controller
{
    public function rawQueryFunctionNameSelect(Request $request){
        $rawQuery= DB::select(
            DB::raw(
                'SELECT * FROM table_name'
            )
        );
        return $rawQuery;
    }
}

Update Query

class MySpecialController extends Controller
{
    public function rawQueryFunctionNameUpdate(Request $request){
        DB::table('table_name')->where('id',$request->id)->update(
            array(
                'field'=>$request->field,
                'content'=>$request->content,
            )
        );
    }
}

Laravel Multi-Tenancy with Observers

by Garth | May 30, 2022 | Laravel

Template Snips for Laravel .Blade files

by Garth | May 24, 2022 | Laravel

<?php 

@php
  echo "<pre style='color:#fff;'>";
    print_r($data);
  echo "</pre style='color:#fff;'>";
@endphp

@php
  echo "<pre>";
    print_r($data);
  echo "</pre>";
@endphp

@php
  echo "<pre style='color:#fff;'>";
    print_r($data);
  echo "</pre style='color:#fff;'>";
@endphp

@php
  echo "<pre>";
    print_r($data);
  echo "</pre>";
@endphp

WSL2 Connection Issues, Timeouts and Unable to Open Stream and Network Unreachable

by Garth | Jul 21, 2021 | Laravel

1: Try running your composer commands with sail if you using laravel and docker.
example : sail composer require laracasts/generators --dev

2: Second try running

wsl --shutdown
wsl ping google.com -c 4

3: Third try the below power shell command

# Check these threads before proceeding:
# https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/discussions/5857
# https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5821
if (-Not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] 'Administrator')) {
  $CmdLine = "-File `"" + $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path + "`" " + $MyInvocation.UnboundArguments
  Start-Process -FilePath PowerShell.exe -Verb Runas -ArgumentList $CmdLine
  Exit
}
# Restart the Host Network Service 
Restart-Service -Force -Name hns
# Restart the Windows Subsystem for Linux Manager
Restart-Service LxssManager
# Restart the WSL Network adapter
Restart-NetAdapter -Name "vEthernet (WSL)"

Article 1

https://gist.github.com/danvy/9486bf730371436131cb888ff4c2ceb6

Article 2

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5821