Laravel allows developers to use migrations for creating database tables. However, it’s not always easy to determine in advance which columns will be needed in the future or what type of data they will store. Consequently, rarely you may want to change a column name or even its data type. You can use the renameColumn() … Read more
Laravel can encrypt data in database fields such as passwords. However, you must have configured the encryption key in the APP_KEY environment variable. If the variable is empty or the key has an invalid format, you will get an error. In this short article, I will explain how to fix the “your app key is … Read more
Laravel has an excellent query builder, that can help build very complicated queries. But in some cases you may want to use a new functionality or a specific methods of you database. In this case you should use raw SQL queries. It is possible. You can create entire SQL query from scratch or use raw … Read more
Elasticsearch is one of the most popular Open-Source search engines. In addition to search, it provides a rich set of features like filtering, sorting, and aggregation. If you need to implement search using Elasticsearch in the Laravel application, you can use the official Elasticsearch client for PHP, but there is a much simpler way. Laravel … Read more