Laravel Macros

Reusable laravel macros.

Test Response Macros

dd

Helpful for inspecting the response and output of your controllers during phpunit testing.

$response = $this->post(...);

$response
    ->dd() // prints the json response or the error response if any.
    ->assertOk()
    ->assertJson(...);

ddO

Similar to $response->dd() but it dump the original content instead.

$response = $this->post(...);

$response
    ->ddO() // prints the original content of the response.
    ->assertOk()
    ->assertJson(...);

Query Builder Macros

toRawSql

Return the mysql raw query. Include the parsed sql bindings. Also available to eloquent model.

DB::table('users')->whereRaw('active = ?', [1])->toRawSql(); // select * from users where active = 1
User::whereRaw('active = ?', [1])->toRawSql(); // select * from users where active = 1

dd

Dd the raw sql. Helpful for debugging in between query method calls. Enabled in local and testing environments only because you don't want to dd your queries and let other people see it.

User::where('active', 1)
    ->dd() // dd here will print "select * from users where active = 1"
    ->whereNotNull('email')
    ->dd() // dd here will print "select * from users where active = 1 and email is not null"
    ->get();

log

For logging mysql queries.

User::where('active', 1)
    ->whereNotNull('email')
    ->log() // will log "select * from users where active = 1 and email is not null"
    ->get();

Request Macros

bool

Cast input to boolean.

$request->input('keep_me_logged_in'); // "false"
$request->bool('keep_me_logged_in'); // false

int

Cast input to integer.

$request->input('quantity'); // "1,000"
$request->int('quantity'); // 1000

float

Cast input to float.

$request->input('price'); // "1,000.50"
$request->float('price'); // 1000.50

Merging the casted input into the request permanently.

$request->merge($request->float(['price', 'cost', 'vat', 'discount']));