“Please provide a valid cache path” error in laravel
Try the following: create these folders under storage/framework: sessions views cache Now it should work
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How to place the ~/.composer/vendor/bin directory in your PATH?
To put this folder on the PATH environment variable type export PATH=”$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin” This appends the folder to your existing PATH, however, it is only active for your current terminal session. If you want it to be automatically set, it depends on the shell you are using. For bash, you can append this line to $HOME/.bashrc … Read more
Laravel Eloquent: Ordering results of all()
You can actually do this within the query. $results = Project::orderBy(‘name’)->get(); This will return all results with the proper order.
PHP7 : install ext-dom issue
First of all, read the warning! It says do not run composer as root! Secondly, you’re probably using Xammp on your local which has the required php libraries as default. But in your server you’re missing ext-dom. php-xml has all the related packages you need. So, you can simply install it by running: sudo apt-get … Read more
Laravel Migration Change to Make a Column Nullable
Laravel 5 now supports changing a column; here’s an example from the offical documentation: Schema::table(‘users’, function($table) { $table->string(‘name’, 50)->nullable()->change(); }); Source: http://laravel.com/docs/5.0/schema#changing-columns Laravel 4 does not support modifying columns, so you’ll need use another technique such as writing a raw SQL command. For example: // getting Laravel App Instance $app = app(); // getting laravel … Read more
How do you check “if not null” with Eloquent?
Eloquent has a method for that (Laravel 4.*/5.*); Model::whereNotNull(‘sent_at’) Laravel 3: Model::where_not_null(‘sent_at’)
Laravel 5 – artisan seed [ReflectionException] Class SongsTableSeeder does not exist
You need to put SongsTableSeeder into file SongsTableSeeder.php in the same directory where you have your DatabaseSeeder.php file. And you need to run in your console: composer dump-autoload to generate new class map and then run: php artisan db:seed I’ve just tested it. It is working without a problem in Laravel 5
How to Get the Current URL Inside @if Statement (Blade) in Laravel 4?
You can use: Request::url() to obtain the current URL, here is an example: @if(Request::url() === ‘your url here’) // code @endif Laravel offers a method to find out, whether the URL matches a pattern or not if (Request::is(‘admin/*’)) { // code } Check the related documentation to obtain different request information: http://laravel.com/docs/requests#request-information
Eloquent Collection: Counting and Detect Empty
When using ->get() you cannot simply use any of the below: if (empty($result)) { } if (!$result) { } if ($result) { } Because if you dd($result); you’ll notice an instance of Illuminate\Support\Collection is always returned, even when there are no results. Essentially what you’re checking is $a = new stdClass; if ($a) { … … Read more
Laravel – Eloquent “Has”, “With”, “WhereHas” – What do they mean?
With with() is for eager loading. That basically means, along the main model, Laravel will preload the relationship(s) you specify. This is especially helpful if you have a collection of models and you want to load a relation for all of them. Because with eager loading you run only one additional DB query instead of … Read more