Formatting PHP Code with PHP CS Fixer by @ashallendesign.co.uk https://laravel.io/articles/formatting-php-code-with-php-cs-fixer

Formatting PHP Code with PHP CS Fixer 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/php-cs-...

What level do you run PHPStan at in your projects? I've personally found level 5 or 6 to be the sweet spot (especially when adding it to existing projects) 😄

I've just hit a mini-milestone with my Email Utilities package: It's crossed 100 stars on GitHub! ⭐ It's really close to hitting its first 1,000 downloads, too. I've just checked and it's been installed 995 times 👀

I've just released Email Utilities for Laravel v1.1.0! 🎉 This release includes: ✅ Artisan command that can be used to update the disposable domain list (shown in the screenshot) ✅ Caching to improve performance ✅ An updated list of disposable domains (4932 domains!) [1/2]

The PR didn't get merged! But I'm planning on writing an article soon to show how you can use Mailtrap for: 👉 Sending single emails in Laravel 👉 Sending bulk emails in Laravel 👉 Testing Laravel emails using Mailtrap sandboxes Aiming to publish it next week 😄

I've just made a PR to Laravel to propose first-party support for sending transactional email with Mailtrap! Is this something you might use? 😄 👉 PR: github.com/laravel/fram...

The Difference Between ?: and ?? in PHP by @ashallendesign.co.uk https://laravel.io/articles/the-difference-between-and-in-php

The Difference Between ?: and ?? in PHP 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/php-ter...

I want to say a huge thank you to Mailtrap for sponsoring me on GitHub! 😄🎉 I've been using Mailtrap for a few years for email testing, and it's always been a great platform. So it's really cool that they're now sponsoring me! Thanks! 🩵

Immutable and Mutable Dates in PHP by @ashallendesign.co.uk https://laravel.io/articles/immutable-and-mutable-dates-in-php

Immutable and Mutable Dates in PHP 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/php-dates

Email Utilities for Laravel v1.0 Released! by @ashallendesign.co.uk https://laravel.io/articles/email-utilities-for-laravel-v10-released

Black Friday 2025 offer! I'm offering up to 50% off my books 😄 👉 Details and discount codes here: ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/black-f...

Saloon vs Guzzle vs SDK vs Http Facade for Laravel API Integrations 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/saloon-...

When registering for a new website/app, do you prefer to use social sign-ins (e.g., "Sign in with Google") or stick with traditional email and password authentication? 🤔

Email Utilities for Laravel v1.0 Released! 🎉 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/email-u...

As of Laravel 12.36, you can use the "File::allDirectories" method to get an array of all nested directories (including nested directories) within a given path 🔥

Why I Deleted Social Media From My Phone 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/deleted...

As of Laravel 12.29, you can use the "UseResource" and "UseResourceCollection" attributes to explicitly define the resource class and resource collection class a Laravel model should use 🔥

Returning HTTP 404 Responses Instead of 403 for Unauthorised Access by @ashallendesign.co.uk https://laravel.io/articles/returning-http-404-responses-instead-of-403-for-unauthorised-access

Returning HTTP 404 Responses Instead of 403 for Unauthorised Access 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/unautho...

Yesterday, I booted up my Ubuntu PC for the first time in a year or so! I forgot how much I enjoyed using Ubuntu as my daily driver for dev work. If more of the software/tools I want to use were available on there, I think I'd switch back in a heartbeat 😄

Did you know PHP 8.5 adds a new FILTER_THROW_ON_FAILURE option for the `filter_var` function? If the `filter_var` validation fails, it will trigger an exception to be thrown 🔥

Run PHPUnit and Pest Tests Without Vite Assets in Laravel by @ashallendesign.co.uk https://laravel.io/articles/run-phpunit-and-pest-tests-without-vite-assets-in-laravel

Run PHPUnit and Pest Tests Without Vite Assets in Laravel 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/laravel...

The Dangers of Dynamic Method Calls in PHP by @ashallendesign.co.uk https://laravel.io/articles/the-dangers-of-dynamic-method-calls-in-php

The `match` Expression in PHP by @ashallendesign.co.uk https://laravel.io/articles/the-match-expression-in-php

Check If a String is Valid JSON in PHP by @ashallendesign.co.uk https://laravel.io/articles/check-if-a-string-is-valid-json-in-php

Laravel Exchange Rates by @ashallendesign.co.uk allows you to get exchange rates & convert values between different currencies 💸🔄 - madewithlaravel.com/laravel-exch...

Imagine you have to build a frontend for a web app, and you can only choose between Vue and React... Which one are you choosing? 👀

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 ⭐

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!

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! 😄

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?

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 😄

The Dangers of Dynamic Method Calls in PHP 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/php-dyn...

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 😄

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

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 😄

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 😄

Check If a String is Valid JSON in PHP 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/php-jso...

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

A Guide to Serialization in PHP 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/php-ser...

Redactable Models v1.0 is Now Available! 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/redacta...

I love using enums and the "match" expression together in PHP! I feel like they pair together really nicely 🔥

My newsletter's been slowly but steadily growing over the past 5 years! I wonder if I'll ever hit 10k subscribers? 👀 It's an arbitrary goal, but it'd be cool to hit that number 😄

Fetching Favicons using the DuckDuckGo Icons API in Laravel 🚀 ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/favicon...

I've just finished a 2k-word draft for an article! I'm a bit anxious about posting it because it's really different to my usual type of content. It's about the impact of social media on my mental health as a developer. I'm hoping to post it later this week 😄

I've just found out someone's built a @filamentphp.com plugin for my Short URL package! That's pretty cool 😄 github.com/a21ns1g4ts/f...