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Keeping Laravel Elegant When Business Gets Messy

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The Importance of Refactoring

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  Andy Hinkle contributed to laravel/docs:

  Jul 23

  Clarify `local` disk path change in v12 upgrade guide

  We ran into this on a couple of apps after upgrading to Laravel 12 - files written to the local disk were unexpectedly landing in storage/app/private instead of storage/app. The issue occurs when the local filesystem isn't declared (falling back on...

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  Andy Hinkle contributed to laravel/framework:

  Jul 7

  Improve Mailable assertion error messages with expected vs actual values

  Currently, when mailable assertions fail, developers only see generic error messages that don't show what was actually found vs what was expected. This forces developers to dig through code to understand why tests are failing. Changes: assertHasSubj...

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  Andy Hinkle contributed to laravel/framework:

  Mar 4

  [12.x] Apply default styling rules to the notification stub

  This small styling PR applies the default Laravel Pint rules to the notification stub. A small annoyance from Pint when spinning up a new notification.

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  Andy Hinkle contributed to peckphp/peck:

  Jan 15

  Sort preset stubs alphabetically

  What: Bug Fix New Feature Description: This PR updates the stub list to be alphabetical for improved DX. Related:

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  Andy Hinkle contributed to laravel/docs:

  Dec 26, 2024

  [11.x] Bump Pint GitHub Actions instructions to use PHP 8.4

  PR updates Pint GitHub Actions instructions from PHP 8.3 to 8.4 and removes the reference to customizing a commit message as it defaults to writing one automatically for developers.

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  Andy Hinkle contributed to laravel/docs:

  Dec 11, 2024

  [11.x] Bump PHP Installation from 8.3 to 8.4

  This PR updates the installation documentation to use PHP 8.4, replacing the current installation of PHP 8.3. https://php.new/install/mac/8.4 https://php.new/install/windows/8.4 https://php.new/install/linux/8.4

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  Andy Hinkle contributed to ahinkle/laravel-resolvable-components:

  Dec 9, 2024

  Support PHP 8.4

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  Andy Hinkle contributed to laravel/docs:

  Oct 15, 2024

  [11.x] Add Number Helpers: `defaultLocale`, `defaultCurrency`

  This PR adds Number helpers, defaultLocale and defaultCurrency. laravel/framework#53101

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  Andy Hinkle contributed to laravel/docs:

  Oct 15, 2024

  [11.x] Migration `nullOnUpdate`

  This PR adds documentation for the migration method, nullOnUpdate() laravel/framework#52798

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