Hello All,
In this post we will see helper function example in laravel, Laravel provide in-buit global "helper" PHP functions and these functions are used by the laravel framework itself.
Here i will show laravel 8 global helper function with differnt type of example and also we will see how to use global helper function in laravel 8.
Exmaple :
bcrypt() : This function through you can convert your password into bcrypt.
$pwd = bcrypt('password');
cookie() : The cookie function creates a new cookie instance.
$cookie = cookie('name', 'value', $minutes);
csrf_field():This function generates an HTML hidden input field containing the value of the CSRF token.
{{ csrf_field() }}
csrf_token(): This function retrieves the value of the current CSRF token.
$token = csrf_token();
dd(): This function dumps the given variables and ends execution of the script.
dd($value);
now () : This function return current time.
$time = now();
Str::between : This method returns the part of a string between two values. if we need to use str function then we need to add Illuminate\Support\Str class.
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slice = Str::between('This is demo example', 'This', 'example');
// it will return ' is demo '
Str::camel : This method converts string into camelcase.
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$example = Str::camel('hello_all');
// helloAll
Str::contains: This method check if the given string contains the given value, it is case sensitive.
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$contains = Str::contains('This is demo example', 'demo');
// true
Arr::random : This method returns a random value from an array if we need to use str function then we need to add use Illuminate\Support\Arr class.
use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
$array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
$random = Arr::random($array);
// 2 - it will return random number