Andrei Pall

Linux Software Engineering

Laravel 5 cheatsheet

Laravel is a free, open-source PHP web framework, created by Taylor Otwell and intended for the development of web applications following the model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern and based on Symfony. Some of the features of Laravel are a modular packaging system with a dedicated dependency manager, different ways for accessing relational databases, utilities that aid in application deployment and maintenance, and its orientation toward syntactic sugar.

Artisan

// Displays help for a given command
php artisan --help OR -h
// Do not output any message
php artisan --quiet OR -q
// Display this application version
php artisan --version OR -V
// Do not ask any interactive question
php artisan --no-interaction OR -n
// Force ANSI output
php artisan --ansi
// Disable ANSI output
php artisan --no-ansi
// The environment the command should run under
php artisan --env
// -v|vv|vvv Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
php artisan --verbose

// Display the framework change list
php artisan changes
// Remove the compiled class file
php artisan clear-compiled
// Put the application into maintenance mode
php artisan down
// Regenerate framework autoload files
php artisan dump-autoload
// Display the current framework environment
php artisan env
// Displays help for a command
php artisan help
// Lists commands
php artisan list

// Optimize the framework for better performance
php artisan optimize
// List all registered routes
php artisan routes
// Serve the application on the PHP development server
php artisan serve
// Change the default port
php artisan serve --port 8080
// Get it to work outside localhost
php artisan serve --host 0.0.0.0
// Interact with your application
php artisan tinker
// Bring the application out of maintenance mode
php artisan up
// Create a new package workbench
php artisan workbench

// Publish a package's assets to the public directory
php artisan asset:publish [--bench[="vendor/package"]] [--path[="..."]] [package]
// Create a migration for the password reminders table
php artisan auth:reminders-table
// Flush the application cache
php artisan cache:clear
// Create a new Artisan command (L3:task)
php artisan command:make name [--command[="..."]] [--path[="..."]] [--namespace[="..."]]
// Publish a package's configuration to the application
php artisan config:publish
// Create a new resourceful controller
php artisan controller:make [--bench="vendor/package"]
// Seed the database with records
php artisan db:seed [--class[="..."]] [--database[="..."]]
// Set the application key
php artisan key:generate

// Database migrations
php artisan migrate [--bench="vendor/package"] [--database[="..."]] [--path[="..."]] [--package[="..."]] [--pretend] [--seed]
// Create the migration repository
php artisan migrate:install [--database[="..."]]
// Create a new migration file
php artisan migrate:make name [--bench="vendor/package"] [--create] [--package[="..."]] [--path[="..."]] [--table[="..."]]
// Reset and re-run all migrations
php artisan migrate:refresh [--database[="..."]] [--seed]
// Rollback all database migrations
php artisan migrate:reset [--database[="..."]] [--pretend]
// Rollback the last database migration
php artisan migrate:rollback [--database[="..."]] [--pretend]
// Publish a package's migrations to migration directory
php artisan migrate:publish vendor/package

// Listen to a given queue
php artisan queue:listen [--queue[="..."]] [--delay[="..."]] [--memory[="..."]] [--timeout[="..."]] [connection]
// Subscribe a URL to an Iron.io push queue
php artisan queue:subscribe [--type[="..."]] queue url
// Process the next job on a queue
php artisan queue:work [--queue[="..."]] [--delay[="..."]] [--memory[="..."]] [--sleep] [connection]
// Create a migration for the session database table

php artisan session:table
// Publish a package's views to the application
php artisan view:publish [--path[="..."]] package
php artisan tail [--path[="..."]] [--lines[="..."]] [connection]

Composer

composer create-project laravel/laravel folder_name
composer install
composer update
composer dump-autoload [--optimize]
composer self-update

Configuration

Config::get('app.timezone');
//get with Default value
Config::get('app.timezone', 'UTC');
//set Configuration
Config::set('database.default', 'sqlite');

Routing

Route::get('foo', function(){});
Route::get('foo', 'ControllerName@function');
Route::controller('foo', 'FooController');
RESTful Controllers
Route::resource('posts','PostsController');
//Specify a subset of actions to handle on the route
Route::resource('photo', 'PhotoController',['only' => ['index', 'show']]);
Route::resource('photo', 'PhotoController',['except' => ['update', 'destroy']]);
Triggering Errors
App::abort(404);
App::missing(function($exception){});
throw new NotFoundHttpException;
Route Parameters
Route::get('foo/{bar}', function($bar){});
Route::get('foo/{bar?}', function($bar = 'bar'){});
HTTP Verbs
Route::any('foo', function(){});
Route::post('foo', function(){});
Route::put('foo', function(){});
Route::patch('foo', function(){});
Route::delete('foo', function(){});
// RESTful actions
Route::resource('foo', 'FooController');
Secure Routes
Route::get('foo', array('https', function(){}));
Route Constraints
Route::get('foo/{bar}', function($bar){})
	->where('bar', '[0-9]+');
Route::get('foo/{bar}/{baz}', function($bar, $baz){})
	->where(array('bar' => '[0-9]+', 'baz' => '[A-Za-z]'))
// Set a pattern to be used across routes
			Route::pattern('bar', '[0-9]+')
Filters
// Declare an auth filter
Route::filter('auth', function(){});
// Register a class as a filter
Route::filter('foo', 'FooFilter');
Route::get('foo', array('before' => 'auth', function(){}));
// Routes in this group are guarded by the 'auth' filter
Route::get('foo', array('before' => 'auth', function(){}));
Route::group(array('before' => 'auth'), function(){});
// Pattern filter
Route::when('foo/*', 'foo');
// HTTP verb pattern
Route::when('foo/*', 'foo', array('post'));
Named Routes
Route::currentRouteName();
Route::get('foo/bar', array('as' => 'foobar', function(){}));
Route Prefixing
// This route group will carry the prefix 'foo'
Route::group(array('prefix' => 'foo'), function(){})
Route Namespacing
// This route group will carry the namespace 'Foo\Bar'
Route::group(array('namespace' => 'Foo\Bar'), function(){})
Sub-Domain Routing
// {sub} will be passed to the closure
Route::group(array('domain' => '{sub}.example.com'), function(){});

App

App::environment();
// test equal to
App::environment('local');
App::runningInConsole();
App::runningUnitTests();

Log

Log::info('info');
Log::info('info',array('context'=>'additional info'));
Log::error('error');
Log::warning('warning');
// get monolog instance
Log::getMonolog();
// add listener
Log::listen(function($level, $message, $context) {});
// get all ran queries.
DB::getQueryLog();

URLs

URL::full();
URL::current();
URL::previous();
URL::to('foo/bar', $parameters, $secure);
URL::action('FooController@method', $parameters, $absolute);
URL::route('foo', $parameters, $absolute);
URL::secure('foo/bar', $parameters);
URL::asset('css/foo.css', $secure);
URL::secureAsset('css/foo.css');
URL::isValidUrl('http://example.com');
URL::getRequest();
URL::setRequest($request);
URL::getGenerator();
URL::setGenerator($generator);

Events

Event::fire('foo.bar', array($bar));
Event::listen('foo.bar', function($bar){});
Event::listen('foo.*', function($bar){});
Event::listen('foo.bar', 'FooHandler', 10);
Event::listen('foo.bar', 'BarHandler', 5);
Event::listen('foor.bar', function($event){ return false; });
Event::queue('foo', array($bar));
Event::flusher('foo', function($bar){});
Event::flush('foo');
Event::forget('foo');
Event::subscribe(new FooEventHandler);

Database

DB::connection('connection_name');
DB::statement('drop table users');
DB::listen(function($sql, $bindings, $time){ code_here; });
DB::transaction(function(){ transaction_code_here; });
// Cache a query for $time minutes
DB::table('users')->remember($time)->get();
// Escape raw input
DB::raw('sql expression here');
Selects
DB::table('name')->get();
DB::table('name')->distinct()->get();
DB::table('name')->select('column as column_alias')->get();
DB::table('name')->where('name', '=', 'John')->get();
DB::table('name')->whereBetween('column', array(1, 100))->get();
DB::table('name')->orWhereBetween('column', array(200, 300))->get();
DB::table('name')->whereIn('column', array(1, 2, 3))->get();
DB::table('name')->whereNotIn('column', array(1, 2, 3))->get();
DB::table('name')->whereNull('column')->get();
DB::table('name')->whereNotNull('column')->get();
DB::table('name')->groupBy('column')->get();
// Default Eloquent sort is ascendant
DB::table('name')->orderBy('column')->get();
DB::table('name')->orderBy('column','desc')->get();
DB::table('name')->having('count', '>', 100)->get();
DB::table('name')->skip(10)->take(5)->get();
DB::table('name')->first();
DB::table('name')->pluck('column');
DB::table('name')->lists('column');
// Joins
DB::table('name')->join('table', 'name.id', '=', 'table.id')
    ->select('name.id', 'table.email');
Inserts, Updates, Deletes
DB::table('name')->insert(array('name' => 'John', 'email' => 'john@example.com'));
DB::table('name')->insertGetId(array('name' => 'John', 'email' => 'john@example.com'));
// Batch insert
DB::table('name')->insert(array(
	array('name' => 'John', 'email' => 'john@example.com'),
	array('name' => 'James', 'email' => 'james@example.com')
));
// Update an entry
DB::table('name')->where('name', '=', 'John')
	->update(array('email' => 'john@example2.com'));
// Delete everything from a table
DB::table('name')->delete();
// Delete specific records
DB::table('name')->where('id', '>', '10')->delete();
DB::table('name')->truncate();
Aggregates
DB::table('name')->count();
DB::table('name')->max('column');
DB::table('name')->min('column');
DB::table('name')->avg('column');
DB::table('name')->sum('column');
DB::table('name')->increment('column');
DB::table('name')->increment('column', $amount);
DB::table('name')->decrement('column');
DB::table('name')->decrement('column', $amount);
DB::table('name')->remember(5)->get();
DB::table('name')->remember(5, 'cache-key-name')->get();
DB::table('name')->cacheTags('my-key')->remember(5)->get();
DB::table('name')->cacheTags(array('my-first-key','my-second-key'))->remember(5)->get();
Raw Expressions
// return rows
DB::select('select * from users where id = ?', array('value'));
// return nr affected rows
DB::insert('insert into foo set bar=2');
DB::update('update foo set bar=2');
DB::delete('delete from bar');
// returns void
DB::statement('update foo set bar=2');
// raw expression inside a statement
DB::table('name')->select(DB::raw('count(*) as count, column2'))->get();

Eloquent

Model::create(array('key' => 'value'));
// Find first matching record by attributes or create
Model::firstOrCreate(array('key' => 'value'));
// Find first record by attributes or instantiate
Model::firstOrNew(array('key' => 'value'));
// Create or update a record matching attibutes, and fill with values
Model::updateOrCreate(array('search_key' => 'search_value'), array('key' => 'value'));
// Fill a model with an array of attributes, beware of mass assignment!
Model::fill($attributes);
Model::destroy(1);
Model::all();
Model::find(1);
// Find using dual primary key
Model::find(array('first', 'last'));
// Throw an exception if the lookup fails
Model::findOrFail(1);
// Find using dual primary key and throw exception if the lookup fails
Model::findOrFail(array('first', 'last'));
Model::where('foo', '=', 'bar')->get();
Model::where('foo', '=', 'bar')->first();
// Find using relations
Model::whereHas('relation')->get();
Model::with('relation')->where('relation.foo', 'bar')->get();
// dynamic
Model::whereFoo('bar')->first();
// Throw an exception if the lookup fails
Model::where('foo', '=', 'bar')->firstOrFail();
Model::where('foo', '=', 'bar')->count();
Model::where('foo', '=', 'bar')->delete();
//Output raw query
Model::where('foo', '=', 'bar')->toSql();
Model::whereRaw('foo = bar and cars = 2', array(20))->get();
Model::remember(5)->get();
Model::remember(5, 'cache-key-name')->get();
Model::cacheTags('my-tag')->remember(5)->get();
Model::cacheTags(array('my-first-key','my-second-key'))->remember(5)->get();
Model::on('connection-name')->find(1);
Model::with('relation')->get();
Model::all()->take(10);
Model::all()->skip(10);
// Default Eloquent sort is ascendant
Model::orderBy('column')->get();
Model::orderBy('column','desc')->get();
Soft Delete
Model::withTrashed()->where('cars', 2)->get();
// Include the soft deleted models in the results
Model::withTrashed()->where('cars', 2)->restore();
Model::where('cars', 2)->forceDelete();
// Force the result set to only included soft deletes
Model::onlyTrashed()->where('cars', 2)->get();
Events
Model::creating(function($model){});
Model::created(function($model){});
Model::updating(function($model){});
Model::updated(function($model){});
Model::saving(function($model){});
Model::saved(function($model){});
Model::deleting(function($model){});
Model::deleted(function($model){});
Model::observe(new FooObserver);
Eloquent Configuration
// Disables mass assignment exceptions from being thrown from model inserts and updates
Eloquent::unguard();
// Renables any ability to throw mass assignment exceptions
Eloquent::reguard();

Pagination

// Auto-Magic Pagination
Model::paginate(15);
Model::where('cars', 2)->paginate(15);
// "Next" and "Previous" only
Model::where('cars', 2)->simplePaginate(15);
// Manual Paginator
Paginator::make($items, $totalItems, $perPage);
// Print page navigators in view
$variable->links();

Schema

// Indicate that the table needs to be created
Schema::create('table', function($table)
{
    $table->increments('id');
});
// Specify a Connection
Schema::connection('foo')->create('table', function($table){});
// Rename the table to a given name
Schema::rename($from, $to);
// Indicate that the table should be dropped
Schema::drop('table');
// Indicate that the table should be dropped if it exists
Schema::dropIfExists('table');
// Determine if the given table exists
Schema::hasTable('table');
// Determine if the given table has a given column
Schema::hasColumn('table', 'column');
// Update an existing table
Schema::table('table', function($table){});
// Indicate that the given columns should be renamed
$table->renameColumn('from', 'to');
// Indicate that the given columns should be dropped
$table->dropColumn(string|array);
// The storage engine that should be used for the table
$table->engine = 'InnoDB';
// Only work on MySQL
$table->string('name')->after('email');
Indexes
$table->string('column')->unique();
$table->primary('column');
// Creates a dual primary key
$table->primary(array('first', 'last'));
$table->unique('column');
$table->unique('column', 'key_name');
// Creates a dual unique index
$table->unique(array('first', 'last'));
$table->unique(array('first', 'last'), 'key_name');
$table->index('column');
$table->index('column', 'key_name');
// Creates a dual index
$table->index(array('first', 'last'));
$table->index(array('first', 'last'), 'key_name');
$table->dropPrimary('table_column_primary');
$table->dropUnique('table_column_unique');
$table->dropIndex('table_column_index');
Foreign Keys
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users');
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->onDelete('cascade'|'restrict'|'set null'|'no action');
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->onUpdate('cascade'|'restrict'|'set null'|'no action');
$table->dropForeign('posts_user_id_foreign');
Column Types
// Increments
$table->increments('id');
$table->bigIncrements('id');

// Numbers
$table->integer('votes');
$table->tinyInteger('votes');
$table->smallInteger('votes');
$table->mediumInteger('votes');
$table->bigInteger('votes');
$table->float('amount');
$table->double('column', 15, 8);
$table->decimal('amount', 5, 2);

//String and Text
$table->char('name', 4);
$table->string('email');
$table->string('name', 100);
$table->text('description');
$table->mediumText('description');
$table->longText('description');

//Date and Time
$table->date('created_at');
$table->dateTime('created_at');
$table->time('sunrise');
$table->timestamp('added_on');
// Adds created_at and updated_at columns
$table->timestamps();
$table->nullableTimestamps();

// Others
$table->json('options');
$table->jsonb('options');
$table->binary('data');
$table->boolean('confirmed');
// Adds deleted_at column for soft deletes
$table->softDeletes();
$table->enum('choices', array('foo', 'bar'));
// Adds remember_token as VARCHAR(100) NULL
$table->rememberToken();
// Adds INTEGER parent_id and STRING parent_type
$table->morphs('parent');
->nullable()
->default($value)
->unsigned()

Input

Input::get('key');
// Default if the key is missing
Input::get('key', 'default');
Input::has('key');
Input::all();
// Only retrieve 'foo' and 'bar' when getting input
Input::only('foo', 'bar');
// Disregard 'foo' when getting input
Input::except('foo');
Input::flush();
Session Input (flash)
// Flash input to the session
Input::flash();
// Flash only some of the input to the session
Input::flashOnly('foo', 'bar');
// Flash only some of the input to the session
Input::flashExcept('foo', 'baz');
// Retrieve an old input item
Input::old('key','default_value');
Files
// Use a file that's been uploaded
Input::file('filename');
// Determine if a file was uploaded
Input::hasFile('filename');
// Access file properties
Input::file('name')->getRealPath();
Input::file('name')->getClientOriginalName();
Input::file('name')->getClientOriginalExtension();
Input::file('name')->getSize();
Input::file('name')->getMimeType();
// Move an uploaded file
Input::file('name')->move($destinationPath);
// Move an uploaded file
Input::file('name')->move($destinationPath, $fileName);

Cache

Cache::put('key', 'value', $minutes);
Cache::add('key', 'value', $minutes);
Cache::forever('key', 'value');
Cache::remember('key', $minutes, function(){ return 'value' });
Cache::rememberForever('key', function(){ return 'value' });
Cache::forget('key');
Cache::has('key');
Cache::get('key');
Cache::get('key', 'default');
Cache::get('key', function(){ return 'default'; });
Cache::tags('my-tag')->put('key','value', $minutes);
Cache::tags('my-tag')->has('key');
Cache::tags('my-tag')->get('key');
Cache::tags('my-tag')->forget('key');
Cache::tags('my-tag')->flush();
Cache::increment('key');
Cache::increment('key', $amount);
Cache::decrement('key');
Cache::decrement('key', $amount);
Cache::section('group')->put('key', $value);
Cache::section('group')->get('key');
Cache::section('group')->flush();

Cookies

Cookie::get('key');
Cookie::get('key', 'default');
// Create a cookie that lasts for ever
Cookie::forever('key', 'value');
// Create a cookie that lasts N minutes
Cookie::make('key', 'value', 'minutes');
// Set a cookie before a response has been created
Cookie::queue('key', 'value', 'minutes');
// Forget cookie
Cookie::forget('key');
// Send a cookie with a response
$response = Response::make('Hello World');
// Add a cookie to the response
$response->withCookie(Cookie::make('name', 'value', $minutes));

Sessions

Session::get('key');
// Returns an item from the session
Session::get('key', 'default');
Session::get('key', function(){ return 'default'; });
// Get the session ID
Session::getId();
// Put a key / value pair in the session
Session::put('key', 'value');
// Push a value into an array in the session
Session::push('foo.bar','value');
// Returns all items from the session
Session::all();
// Checks if an item is defined
Session::has('key');
// Remove an item from the session
Session::forget('key');
// Remove all of the items from the session
Session::flush();
// Generate a new session identifier
Session::regenerate();
// Flash a key / value pair to the session
Session::flash('key', 'value');
// Reflash all of the session flash data
Session::reflash();
// Reflash a subset of the current flash data
Session::keep(array('key1', 'key2'));

Requests

// url: http://xx.com/aa/bb
Request::url();
// path: /aa/bb
Request::path();
// getRequestUri: /aa/bb/?c=d
Request::getRequestUri();
// Returns user's IP
Request::getClientIp();
// getUri: http://xx.com/aa/bb/?c=d
Request::getUri();
// getQueryString: c=d
Request::getQueryString();
// Get the port scheme of the request (e.g., 80, 443, etc.)
Request::getPort();
// Determine if the current request URI matches a pattern
Request::is('foo/*');
// Get a segment from the URI (1 based index)
Request::segment(1);
// Retrieve a header from the request
Request::header('Content-Type');
// Retrieve a server variable from the request
Request::server('PATH_INFO');
// Determine if the request is the result of an AJAX call
Request::ajax();
// Determine if the request is over HTTPS
Request::secure();
// Get the request method
Request::method();
// Checks if the request method is of specified type
Request::isMethod('post');
// Get raw POST data
Request::instance()->getContent();
// Get requested response format
Request::format();
// true if HTTP Content-Type header contains */json
Request::isJson();
// true if HTTP Accept header is application/json
Request::wantsJson();

Responses

return Response::make($contents);
return Response::make($contents, 200);
return Response::json(array('key' => 'value'));
return Response::json(array('key' => 'value'))
	->setCallback(Input::get('callback'));
return Response::download($filepath);
return Response::download($filepath, $filename, $headers);
// Create a response and modify a header value
$response = Response::make($contents, 200);
$response->header('Content-Type', 'application/json');
return $response;
// Attach a cookie to a response
return Response::make($content)
	->withCookie(Cookie::make('key', 'value'));

Redirects

return Redirect::to('foo/bar');
return Redirect::to('foo/bar')->with('key', 'value');
return Redirect::to('foo/bar')->withInput(Input::get());
return Redirect::to('foo/bar')->withInput(Input::except('password'));
return Redirect::to('foo/bar')->withErrors($validator);
// Create a new redirect response to the previous location
return Redirect::back();
// Create a new redirect response to a named route
return Redirect::route('foobar');
return Redirect::route('foobar', array('value'));
return Redirect::route('foobar', array('key' => 'value'));
// Create a new redirect response to a controller action
return Redirect::action('FooController@index');
return Redirect::action('FooController@baz', array('value'));
return Redirect::action('FooController@baz', array('key' => 'value'));
// If intended redirect is not defined, defaults to foo/bar.
return Redirect::intended('foo/bar');

IoC

App::bind('foo', function($app){ return new Foo; });
App::make('foo');
// If this class exists, it's returned
App::make('FooBar');
// Register a shared binding in the container
App::singleton('foo', function(){ return new Foo; });
// Register an existing instance as shared in the container
App::instance('foo', new Foo);
// Register a binding with the container
App::bind('FooRepositoryInterface', 'BarRepository');
// Register a service provider with the application
App::register('FooServiceProvider');
// Listen for object resolution
App::resolving(function($object){});

Security

Passwords
Hash::make('secretpassword');
Hash::check('secretpassword', $hashedPassword);
Hash::needsRehash($hashedPassword);
Auth
// Determine if the current user is authenticated
Auth::check();
// Get the currently authenticated user
Auth::user();
// Get the ID of the currently authenticated user
Auth::id();
// Attempt to authenticate a user using the given credentials
Auth::attempt(array('email' => $email, 'password' => $password));
// 'Remember me' by passing true to Auth::attempt()
Auth::attempt($credentials, true);
// Log in for a single request
Auth::once($credentials);
// Log a user into the application
Auth::login(User::find(1));
// Log the given user ID into the application
Auth::loginUsingId(1);
// Log the user out of the application
Auth::logout();
// Validate a user's credentials
Auth::validate($credentials);
// Attempt to authenticate using HTTP Basic Auth
Auth::basic('username');
// Perform a stateless HTTP Basic login attempt
Auth::onceBasic();
// Send a password reminder to a user
Password::remind($credentials, function($message, $user){});
Encryption
Crypt::encrypt('secretstring');
Crypt::decrypt($encryptedString);
Crypt::setMode('ctr');
Crypt::setCipher($cipher);

Mail

Mail::send('email.view', $data, function($message){});
Mail::send(array('html.view', 'text.view'), $data, $callback);
Mail::queue('email.view', $data, function($message){});
Mail::queueOn('queue-name', 'email.view', $data, $callback);
Mail::later(5, 'email.view', $data, function($message){});
// Write all email to logs instead of sending
Mail::pretend();
Messages
// These can be used on the $message instance passed into Mail::send() or Mail::queue()
$message->from('email@example.com', 'Mr. Example');
$message->sender('email@example.com', 'Mr. Example');
$message->returnPath('email@example.com');
$message->to('email@example.com', 'Mr. Example');
$message->cc('email@example.com', 'Mr. Example');
$message->bcc('email@example.com', 'Mr. Example');
$message->replyTo('email@example.com', 'Mr. Example');
$message->subject('Welcome to the Jungle');
$message->priority(2);
$message->attach('foo\bar.txt', $options);
// This uses in-memory data as attachments
$message->attachData('bar', 'Data Name', $options);
// Embed a file in the message and get the CID
$message->embed('foo\bar.txt');
$message->embedData('foo', 'Data Name', $options);
// Get the underlying Swift Message instance
$message->getSwiftMessage();

Queues

Queue::push('SendMail', array('message' => $message));
Queue::push('SendEmail@send', array('message' => $message));
Queue::push(function($job) use $id {});
// Same payload to multiple workers
Queue::bulk(array('SendEmail', 'NotifyUser'), $payload);
// Starting the queue listener
php artisan queue:listen
php artisan queue:listen connection
php artisan queue:listen --timeout=60
// Process only the first job on the queue
php artisan queue:work
// Start a queue worker in daemon mode
php artisan queue:work --daemon
// Create migration file for failed jobs
php artisan queue:failed-table
// Listing failed jobs
php artisan queue:failed
// Delete failed job by id
php artisan queue:forget 5
// Delete all failed jobs
php artisan queue:flush

Validation

Validator::make(
	array('key' => 'Foo'),
	array('key' => 'required|in:Foo')
);
Validator::extend('foo', function($attribute, $value, $params){});
Validator::extend('foo', 'FooValidator@validate');
Validator::resolver(function($translator, $data, $rules, $msgs)
{
	return new FooValidator($translator, $data, $rules, $msgs);
});
Rules
accepted
active_url
after:YYYY-MM-DD
before:YYYY-MM-DD
alpha
alpha_dash
alpha_num
array
between:1,10
confirmed
date
date_format:YYYY-MM-DD
different:fieldname
digits:value
digits_between:min,max
boolean
email
exists:table,column
image
in:foo,bar,...
not_in:foo,bar,...
integer
numeric
ip
max:value
min:value
mimes:jpeg,png
regex:[0-9]
required
required_if:field,value
required_with:foo,bar,...
required_with_all:foo,bar,...
required_without:foo,bar,...
required_without_all:foo,bar,...
sometimes|required|field
same:field
size:value
timezone
unique:table,column,except,idColumn
url

Views

View::make('path/to/view');
View::make('foo/bar')->with('key', 'value');
View::make('foo/bar')->withKey('value');
View::make('foo/bar', array('key' => 'value'));
View::exists('foo/bar');
// Share a value across all views
View::share('key', 'value');
// Nesting views
View::make('foo/bar')->nest('name', 'foo/baz', $data);
// Register a view composer
View::composer('viewname', function($view){});
//Register multiple views to a composer
View::composer(array('view1', 'view2'), function($view){});
// Register a composer class
View::composer('viewname', 'FooComposer');
View::creator('viewname', function($view){});

Blade Templates

@extends('layout.name')
// Begin a section
@section('name')
// End a section
@stop
// End a section and yield
@show
@parent
// Show a section in a template
@yield('name')
@include('view.name')
@include('view.name', array('key' => 'value'));
@lang('messages.name')
@choice('messages.name', 1);
@if ( $foo == $bar )
@else
@elseif
@endif
@unless
@endunless
@for ( $i = 0 ; $i < 100 ; $i++ )
@endfor
@foreach ( $vars as $var )
@endforeach
@while
@endwhile
//forelse 4.2 feature
@forelse($users as $user)
@empty
@endforelse
// Echo content

// Echo escaped content
}// Echoing Data After Checking For Existence
}
// Echo HTML content
{!! $html or '<strong>Foo</strong>' !!}
// Displaying Raw Text With Curly Braces
@

Forms

Form::open(array('url' => 'foo/bar', 'method' => 'PUT'));
Form::open(array('route' => 'foo.bar'));
Form::open(array('route' => array('foo.bar', $parameter)));
Form::open(array('action' => 'FooController@method'));
Form::open(array('action' => array('FooController@method', $parameter)));
Form::open(array('url' => 'foo/bar', 'files' => true));
Form::close();
Form::token();
Form::model($foo, array('route' => array('foo.bar', $foo->bar)));
Form Elements
Form::label('id', 'Description');
Form::label('id', 'Description', array('class' => 'foo'));
Form::text('name');
Form::text('name', $value);
Form::text('name', $value, array('class' => 'name'));
Form::textarea('name');
Form::textarea('name', $value);
Form::textarea('name', $value, array('class' => 'name'));
Form::hidden('foo', $value);
Form::password('password');
Form::password('password', array('placeholder' => 'Password'));
Form::email('name', $value, array());
Form::file('name', array('class' => 'name'));
Form::checkbox('name', 'value');
// Generating a checkbox that is checked
Form::checkbox('name', 'value', true, array('class' => 'name'));
Form::radio('name', 'value');
// Generating a radio input that is selected
Form::radio('name', 'value', true, array('class' => 'name'));
Form::select('name', array('key' => 'value'));
Form::select('name', array('key' => 'value'), 'key', array('class' => 'name'));
Form::selectRange('range', 1, 10);
Form::selectYear('year', 2011, 2015);
Form::selectMonth('month');
Form::submit('Submit!', array('class' => 'name'));
Form::button('name', array('class' => 'name'));
Form::macro('fooField', function()
{
	return '&lt;input type="custom"/&gt;';
});
Form::fooField();

HTML Builder

HTML::macro('name', function(){});
// Convert an HTML string to entities
HTML::entities($value);
// Convert entities to HTML characters
HTML::decode($value);
// Generate a link to a JavaScript file
HTML::script($url, $attributes);
// Generate a link to a CSS file
HTML::style($url, $attributes);
// Generate an HTML image element
HTML::image($url, $alt, $attributes);
// Generate a HTML link
HTML::link($url, 'title', $attributes, $secure);
// Generate a HTTPS HTML link
HTML::secureLink($url, 'title', $attributes);
// Generate a HTML link to an asset
HTML::linkAsset($url, 'title', $attributes, $secure);
// Generate a HTTPS HTML link to an asset
HTML::linkSecureAsset($url, 'title', $attributes);
// Generate a HTML link to a named route
HTML::linkRoute($name, 'title', $parameters, $attributes);
// Generate a HTML link to a controller action
HTML::linkAction($action, 'title', $parameters, $attributes);
// Generate a HTML link to an email address
HTML::mailto($email, 'title', $attributes);
// Obfuscate an e-mail address to prevent spam-bots from sniffing it
HTML::email($email);
// Generate an ordered list of items
HTML::ol($list, $attributes);
// Generate an un-ordered list of items
HTML::ul($list, $attributes);
// Create a listing HTML element
HTML::listing($type, $list, $attributes);
// Create the HTML for a listing element
HTML::listingElement($key, $type, $value);
// Create the HTML for a nested listing attribute
HTML::nestedListing($key, $type, $value);
// Build an HTML attribute string from an array
HTML::attributes($attributes);
// Build a single attribute element
HTML::attributeElement($key, $value);
// Obfuscate a string to prevent spam-bots from sniffing it
HTML::obfuscate($value);

Strings

// Transliterate a UTF-8 value to ASCII
Str::ascii($value)
Str::camel($value)
Str::contains($haystack, $needle)
Str::endsWith($haystack, $needles)
// Cap a string with a single instance of a given value.
Str::finish($value, $cap)
Str::is($pattern, $value)
Str::length($value)
Str::limit($value, $limit = 100, $end = '...')
Str::lower($value)
Str::words($value, $words = 100, $end = '...')
Str::plural($value, $count = 2)
// Generate a more truly "random" alpha-numeric string.
Str::random($length = 16)
// Generate a "random" alpha-numeric string.
Str::quickRandom($length = 16)
Str::upper($value)
Str::title($value)
Str::singular($value)
Str::slug($title, $separator = '-')
Str::snake($value, $delimiter = '_')
Str::startsWith($haystack, $needles)
// Convert a value to studly caps case.
Str::studly($value)
Str::macro($name, $macro)

Localization

App::setLocale('en');
Lang::get('messages.welcome');
Lang::get('messages.welcome', array('foo' => 'Bar'));
Lang::has('messages.welcome');
Lang::choice('messages.apples', 10);
// Lang::get alias
trans('messages.welcome');

Files

File::exists('path');
File::get('path');
File::getRemote('path');
// Get a file's contents by requiring it
File::getRequire('path');
// Require the given file once
File::requireOnce('path');
// Write the contents of a file
File::put('path', 'contents');
// Append to a file
File::append('path', 'data');
// Delete the file at a given path
File::delete('path');
// Move a file to a new location
File::move('path', 'target');
// Copy a file to a new location
File::copy('path', 'target');
// Extract the file extension from a file path
File::extension('path');
// Get the file type of a given file
File::type('path');
// Get the file size of a given file
File::size('path');
// Get the file's last modification time
File::lastModified('path');
// Determine if the given path is a directory
File::isDirectory('directory');
// Determine if the given path is writable
File::isWritable('path');
// Determine if the given path is a file
File::isFile('file');
// Find path names matching a given pattern.
File::glob($patterns, $flag);
// Get an array of all files in a directory.
File::files('directory');
// Get all of the files from the given directory (recursive).
File::allFiles('directory');
// Get all of the directories within a given directory.
File::directories('directory');
// Create a directory
File::makeDirectory('path',  $mode = 0777, $recursive = false);
// Copy a directory from one location to another
File::copyDirectory('directory', 'destination', $options = null);
// Recursively delete a directory
File::deleteDirectory('directory', $preserve = false);
// Empty the specified directory of all files and folders
File::cleanDirectory('directory');

Helpers

Arrays
array_add($array, 'key', 'value');
// Build a new array using a callback
array_build($array, function(){});
// Divide an array into two arrays. One with keys and the other with values
array_divide($array);
// Flatten a multi-dimensional associative array with dots
array_dot($array);
// Get all of the given array except for a specified array of items
array_except($array, array('key'));
// Fetch a flattened array of a nested array element
array_fetch($array, 'key');
// Return the first element in an array passing a given truth test
array_first($array, function($key, $value){}, $default);
// Strips keys from the array
array_flatten($array);
// Remove one or many array items from a given array using "dot" notation
array_forget($array, 'foo');
// Dot notation
array_forget($array, 'foo.bar');
// Get an item from an array using "dot" notation
array_get($array, 'foo', 'default');
array_get($array, 'foo.bar', 'default');
// Get a subset of the items from the given array
array_only($array, array('key'));
// Return array of key => values
array_pluck($array, 'key');
// Return and remove 'key' from array
array_pull($array, 'key');
// Set an array item to a given value using "dot" notation
array_set($array, 'key', 'value');
// Dot notation
array_set($array, 'key.subkey', 'value');
array_sort($array, function(){});
// First element of an array
head($array);
// Last element of an array
last($array);
Paths
app_path();
//  Get the path to the public folder
public_path();
// App root path
base_path();
// Get the path to the storage folder
storage_path();
Strings
// Convert a value to camel case
camel_case($value);
// Get the class "basename" of the given object / class
class_basename($class);
// Escape a string
e('&lt;html&gt;');
// Determine if a given string starts with a given substring
starts_with('Foo bar.', 'Foo');
// Determine if a given string ends with a given substring
ends_with('Foo bar.', 'bar.');
// Convert a string to snake case
snake_case('fooBar');
// Determine if a given string contains a given substring
str_contains('Hello foo bar.', 'foo');
// Result: foo/bar/
str_finish('foo/bar', '/');
str_is('foo*', 'foobar');
str_plural('car');
str_random(25);
str_limit($value, $limit = 100, $end = '...')
str_singular('cars');
// Result: FooBar
studly_case('foo_bar');
trans('foo.bar');
trans_choice('foo.bar', $count);
URLs and Links
action('FooController@method', $parameters);
link_to('foo/bar', $title, $attributes, $secure);
link_to_asset('img/foo.jpg', $title, $attributes, $secure);
link_to_route('route.name', $title, $parameters, $attributes);
link_to_action('FooController@method', $title, $params, $attrs);
// HTML Link
asset('img/photo.jpg', $title, $attributes);
// HTTPS link
secure_asset('img/photo.jpg', $title, $attributes);
secure_url('path', $parameters);
route($route, $parameters, $absolute = true);
url('path', $parameters = array(), $secure = null);
Miscellaneous
csrf_token();
dd($value);
value(function(){ return 'bar'; });
with(new Foo)->chainedMethod();

Unit testing

Install and run
// add to composer and update:
"phpunit/phpunit": "4.0.*"
// run tests (from project root)
./vendor/bin/phpunit
Asserts
$this->assertTrue(true);
$this->assertEquals('foo', $bar);
$this->assertCount(1,$times);
$this->assertResponseOk();
$this->assertResponseStatus(403);
$this->assertRedirectedTo('foo');
$this->assertRedirectedToRoute('route.name');
$this->assertRedirectedToAction('Controller@method');
$this->assertViewHas('name');
$this->assertViewHas('age', $value);
$this->assertSessionHasErrors();
// Asserting the session has errors for a given key...
$this->assertSessionHasErrors('name');
// Asserting the session has errors for several keys...
$this->assertSessionHasErrors(array('name', 'age'));
$this->assertHasOldInput();
Calling routes
$response = $this->call($method, $uri, $parameters, $files, $server, $content);
$response = $this->callSecure('GET', 'foo/bar');
$this->session(['foo' => 'bar']);
$this->flushSession();
$this->seed();
$this->seed($connection);

SSH

Executing Commands
SSH::run(array $commands);
SSH::into($remote)->run(array $commands); // specify remote, otherwise assumes default
SSH::run(array $commands, function($line)
{
	echo $line.PHP_EOL;
});
Tasks
SSH::define($taskName, array $commands); // define
SSH::task($taskName, function($line) // execute
{
	echo $line.PHP_EOL;
});
SFTP Uploads
SSH::put($localFile, $remotePath);
SSH::putString($string, $remotePath);
Filesystem/Cloud Storage
Storage::disk('s3');
Storage::disk('local')->put('file.txt', 'Contents');
Storage::disk('local')->get('file.jpg');
Storage::disk('s3')->exists('file.jpg');
Storage::get('file.jpg');
Storage::put('file.jpg', $contents);
Storage::size('file1.jpg');
Storage::lastModified('file1.jpg');
Storage::copy('old/file1.jpg', 'new/file1.jpg');
Storage::move('old/file1.jpg', 'new/file1.jpg');
Storage::prepend('file.log', 'Prepended Text');
Storage::append('file.log', 'Appended Text');
Storage::delete(['file1.jpg', 'file2.jpg']);
Storage::files($directory);
Storage::allFiles($directory);
Storage::directories($directory);
Storage::allDirectories($directory);
Storage::makeDirectory($directory);
Storage::deleteDirectory($directory);