Simple Helpers

Helper functions for laravel to ease development and increase readability

Installation

Simple Helpers requires Laravel >= 5.1

Install Package:

$ composer require itsmill3rtime/simple-helpers

Add provider to Laravel config.php

'providers' => [
 ...
    \Itsmill3rtime\Helpers\SimpleHelpersProvider::class,
]

Some functions include a final parameter called $loose. This if set to true will use the == operator instead of ===

Condition Helpers

Function
not_null($value)	returns true if value is not null, false if is null
is_false($value, $loose = false)	returns true if value is false, false if value is true
not_false($value, $loose = false)	returns true if value is not false, false if value is false
is_true($value, $loose = false)	returns true if value is true, false if value is false
not_true($value, $loose = false)	return true if value is not true, false if value is true
not_in_array($needle, $haystack)	returns true if value is not found in array, false if value is found
not_empty($value)	returns true if value is not empty, false if value is empty

Eloquent Helpers

Function
getInputs($request, $merge_in = [])	Takes laravel custom requests and returns only the fields present in $request->rules() array. $mergin_in field will merge in key pairs provided into the final output (useful for adding user_id, etc.)
enumMigration()	Call inside your migration when modifying a table that has enum columns. Allows updates without getting errors due to Doctrine not fully supporting enum type by emulating the enum column as string

Environment Helpers

Function
server($key)	returns $_SERVER($key), if key not found will return null