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How to display the time between two dates in Laravel

How to display the time between two dates in Laravel

Within a Laravel project, or even a PHP project there can be times when the calculation between two date and times is needed. Luckily the Carbon PHP API has some methods for doing exactly that. Here's the scenario I'll be using to demonstrate; you have a

Adding Laravel Helper Functions

Adding Laravel Helper Functions

There are times within a Laravel project that you'll need to use a function over and over, but it is not related to any one particular model or controller so doesn't make sense to create a service for the one function. That's where creating

How to install Docker Desktop on Ubuntu

How to install Docker Desktop on Ubuntu

Using Docker can be brilliant especially when you are doing development work, which if you haven't noticed from my other posts that's what I tend to do. However, I came across issues when setting up my new install and thought that it would be worth sharing

How to setup Laravel Valet Linux+

Building laravel sites should be easy and using valet linux+ does just that. But, getting it installed and working may need some finessing.

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How to install Postman on Pop OS

Pop OS by default doesn't support snap. So, using the normal route of installing Postman with snap is not so simple. However, it can be as simple as downloading the tarball and adding a file.

Masking input fields with Alpine.js

Masking input fields with Alpine.js

There are times when creating a form where a field needs its content in a certain state. This can be something as simple as a date field where the field needs to look like DD/MM/YYYY. By default HTML doesn't have the ability to make these custom

Laravel test validation rules

Laravel test validation rules

Building large scaled Laravel apps will require testing. Whether this is done as TDD (Test Driven Development) or after the code is written, it's always a good idea to test validation rules. To do this there are two different ways, the first is to write a test for

How to center a div - 3 methods

How to center a div - 3 methods

It seems that there are a lot of searches for how to center a div, and there are lots of articles and questions asking the same. Sometimes though these can be a bit hit or miss. However, here are three different methods that I can think of to do this.