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Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 2d

I've just released an early version of a small package so I can use these rules in my projects 😄

Repo: github.com/ash-jc-allen...

P.s. - I'd be forever grateful if you could star the repo ⭐

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 3d

Always the best emails to receive!

Huge thank you to everyone who's bought any of my books over the past 3 years. Your support means the world to me 🩵

I hope they've been useful and taught you new things!

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 3d

I think that's a sensible approach! 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 3d

Unfortunately, the PR was closed and didn't get merged! 😭

I'm thinking of building a small package which includes some extra email validation rules. So I'll add these two methods to it! 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 4d

I've just made a PR to Laravel to add 2 new email validation rules: "domainIs" and "domainIsNot"

I don't know whether they'd be helpful to others, but they're something I'd definitely use 😄

What do you think?

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 3d

Thanks! Unfortunately, it didn't get merged. But I'm thinking of adding these rules (and similar) to a small package 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 3d

Nice! Unfortunately, it didn't get merged 😭

And that's a good question! I couldn't decide between `domainIs` or `domainIn` haha. I kept toying with both ideas and eventually decided to choose `domainIs` just so I could get the PR ready haha 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 3d

Cool PR! It's a shame it didn't get merged :(

Although, I can't remember building a `fileSize` helper anywhere haha 😅

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 3d

Nice, this approach looks pretty cool 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 4d

For anyone interested, here's the PR: github.com/laravel/fram...

[12.x] Add `Email::domainIs()` and `Email::domainIsNot()` validation rules by ash-jc-allen · Pull Request #57284 · laravel/framework

Hey! This PR proposes two new validation rules that can be used to validate the domain of an email address. At the moment, you can use a combination of the email rule and the ends_with/doesnt_end_w...

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 4d

I've just made a PR to Laravel to add 2 new email validation rules: "domainIs" and "domainIsNot"

I don't know whether they'd be helpful to others, but they're something I'd definitely use 😄

What do you think?

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 5d

Nice! Out of pure curiosity, is there a particular reason you add it? Or is it just something you do naturally without thinking about it? 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 5d

Ahh yeah! I'm guessing you mean like if you had app/Console/Commands/SendReports.php and app/Jobs/SendReports.php files? 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 5d

Ahh yeah, I'd always add them to my controllers too 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 5d

In all fairness, I'm pretty much the same. I think I must have just used whatever I fancied using at the time, so there's a mixture of the two 😂

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 5d

Laravel devs, when you're creating new commands, do you add the "Command" suffix to the classname?

E.g., which of these would you choose?

👉 App\Console\Commands\SendReports
👉 App\Console\Commands\SendReportsCommand

P.s. - I've ignored sub-folders. The question is solely on the "Command" suffix 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 10d

The Dangers of Dynamic Method Calls in PHP 🚀

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The Dangers of Dynamic Method Calls in PHP

Read about the potential dangers of using dynamic method calls in PHP. We'll discuss the issues of using them, and potential alternatives which could be used.

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Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 12d

GDPR compliance was exactly the use case I had for this 😄

Maybe it'll come in handy in a future project for you!

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 16d

I've just released v1.1.0 of my Redactable Models package! 🎉

You can now set the hashing algorithm that should be used by the "HashContents" redaction strategy.

In this example, we're SHA256-ing the "name" and "email" fields of users who were soft-deleted over 30 days ago 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 17d

Did you know you can encrypt the payloads of your queued classes in Laravel?

It's as simple as implementing the `ShouldBeEncrypted` interface 🔥

You can use it with:

✅ Jobs
✅ Notifications
✅ Mailables
✅ Listeners

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 22d

I keep seeing mentions of the Tempest PHP framework online. And from what I've seen, it looks pretty cool!

I'm tempted to give it a spin locally and see what it's like!

I especially like the look of the typed properties on models and the attributes for adding validation 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 24d

Did you know about the "non-empty-list" PHPStan annotation?

I use "list" on an almost daily basis, but only just learned about "non-empty-list" today 🤯

I think this could be super useful, so I'm gonna start using it in my code from now on 😄

Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · 24d

Check If a String is Valid JSON in PHP 🚀

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Check If a String is Valid JSON in PHP

Read about how to use the "json_validate" function in PHP to check whether a string is valid JSON. We'll also discuss the difference between "json_validate" and "json_decode".

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Laravel News @laravelnews.com · 29d

Redact Model Data with the Redactable Models Package for Laravel laravel-news.com/redactable-m...

Redact Model Data with the Redactable Models Package for Laravel - Laravel News

Redactable Models for Laravel is a package by Ashley Allen that allows you to redact, obfuscate, or mask data in your Laravel models.

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Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · Sep 11

A Guide to Serialization in PHP 🚀

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A Guide to Serialization in PHP

Learn about serialization and how it works in PHP. We'll discuss serialized data formats, how to use serialization in PHP, and how to write tests for your serialization logic.

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Ash Allen @ashallendesign.co.uk · Sep 9

Redactable Models v1.0 is Now Available! 🚀

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Redactable Models v1.0 is Now Available!

Read about the new v1.0 release of the Redactable Models for Laravel package. The article covers the new "mass redaction" feature and the Composer dependency changes.

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